Shamik Das
Business confidence down most among SMEs
The latest quarterly survey of business confidence from the ICAEW shows business confidence down for the first time since the first quarter of 2009 - the middle of the recession.
Ed Miliband turns up heat on Clegg over tax avoidance
Another day, another round of worrying headlines for the deputy prime minister, barely 100 days in office, effectively running the country in David Cameron's absence and now facing one of his most sustained periods of pressure - from the press, Opposition and his own backbenchers over the issue of tax avoidance.
Newsnight viewers want Clegg to be Paxo’d
A OnePoll survey of 3,000 Newsnight viewers out today has revealed that Nick Clegg is the politician they would most like to see grilled by Jeremy Paxman.
More pressure on Clegg as we reveal real cost of Green’s £285m tax avoidance
Today's papers were once again filled with stories of Lib Dem anger at Sir Philip Green's appointment as a government adviser, with The Times front page reporting demands from Lib Dem backbenchers that Nick Clegg - who is said to be privately "irritated" despite publically backing Sir Philip - instigate a review of his tax arrangements.
The vanishing baroness: Top Tory tries to cover up Russian oligarch links
Last weekend the Mail on Sunday broke the news that MI5 had vetoed Baroness Pauline Neville Jones’ appointment as Cameron’s National Security Advisor over concerns about her links to two dubious Russian oligarchs.
More woe for Clegg as Ed Miliband slams Coalition’s 100-day record
Twitter sentiment for Nick Clegg is down sharply - while David Cameron’s rating has risen slightly, in another stark illustration of the unpopularity of the ‘sell out’ deputy prime minister in the three months since the general election.