Will Straw explores the release of the UK’s trade figures today, and asks what they mean for the chancellor’s claim that the Eurozone is to blame for our shrinking GDP.
The more interesting section of Ed Miliband’s speech at the Thomson Reuters building is on potential reforms to the banking sector.
The US economy grew by 1.7% in 2011 compared to 0.9% in the UK – almost twice as fast. The new figures put to bed Treasury spin that the two economies were on the same course.
Sunday Times stoop to new low with poll asking if Ed Miliband is “too ugly”. Disappointing for his detractors, only one in ten agreed with the idea.
Will Straw pitches the idea of a British Investment Bank.
Will Straw reviews his favourite songs of the year.
While the headline post-EU summit poll findings support the prime minister, there are already signs that the public is wary of what has happened.
Will Straw examines the regressive nature of the chancellor’s autumn statement
Will Straw runs through the OBR’s plummeting growth projections
The UK’s student visa system is turning prospective entrepreneurs away from the UK, according to a leading Indian newspaper, reports Will Straw from India.
