Some grim reading for George Osborne
The IMF suggests the chancellor has shot the whole country in the foot
Carl Packman
Website Carl is a health researcher; he writes book reviews for Left Foot Forward. Carl has written for the Guardian, New Statesman, Tribune Magazine, and The Philosopher's Magazine and blogs regularly at Though Cowards Flinch and Liberal Conspiracy. He is currently writing a book on consumer debt.
Wonga is finally paying the price for its dirty tactics
It says a lot about an industry when rules for fair treatment are enforced and it sulks
This government needs to accept its own legacy on food banks
New analysis has shown the connection between welfare reform, cuts, and food bank increases
How Osborne’s recovery really looks: graduates with £50,000 debt before they’ve left education
The spike in personal debt is a reminder the economy is built on the indebtedness of large swathes of the population
Between the Good Right and the Cameroon turn, it’s hard to tell the difference
Caring conservatism was the raison d’être of the Cameroons once
Osborne has no reason to be smug: Britons are suffering an economic hangover
Debt has soared under the coalition – how will the chancellor spin that to his followers?
The coalition facilitated the rise of mass poverty
George Osborne may be a bad chancellor but he’s a good right-wing ideologue
Payday lenders: why aren’t consumers shopping around for their loans?
It is encouraging to see the payday loans sector come under increased scrutiny. But we must seek ethical alternatives
Why even left wingers need conservatism
The undoing of the Telegraph mirrors a broader crisis in conservatism, which could leave a gap for Ukip to fill
Iain Duncan Smith: still not vindicated over Universal Credit (though he thinks he is)
Trials of the scheme have been very limited, and we should proceed with caution