Green Politics
The other British economy: low productivity and no manufacturing strategy
There was plenty of data out this week suggesting a bleaker economic picture than that painted by the government and the media.
Fall in real wages longest for 50 years, says ONS
Workers have experienced the longest fall in real wages since at least 1964, new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show.
According to the IFS, people really are worse off under the Tories
Despite the sort of spin that we saw last Friday, people really are worse off under the Tories.
Invest in UK cities to stop this two-speed economy
As the UK continues to prioritise the performance of the capital city ahead of any other factor, it squanders the potential of a third of the nation.
Did we just feel the warning tremors of the next financial crash?
Last week, tremors that had been rumbling through the financial markets since the turn of the year came to the surface.
UK GDP up 0.7 per cent
UK GDP grew by 0.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the latest quarterly national accounts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).