Green Politics
For those who argue people are overtaxed in the UK and will run away if rates aren’t cut
This table has just been published by the OECD and shows the "tax wedge" taken from employment earnings for all 34 OECD countries.
Unemployment up 15,000 to 2.52 million
Unemployment rose by 15,000 between January 2013 and March 2013 to 2.52 million, with the unemployment rate rising to 7.8 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Boris Johnson: wrong on ‘sloth’, right about management
It's interesting that, in his column for today's Telegraph, Boris Johnson has cited the German economy as the measuring stick against which Britain should compare itself.
It’s no good drawing a correlation between green policies and rising bills. The figures don’t back it up
If Labour is to provide the genuine green alternative to the Tory luddites, they must highlight the missed economic opportunity of a low-carbon economy, using the top economic voices in the party. Lower and more stable bills help our companies compete, while low-carbon infrastructure itself is a key growth area in jobs and investment.
UK performing worse than all but one G7 country in ‘global race’
The UK is experiencing a slower economic recovery than 23 of the 33 advanced economies monitored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and is lagging behind all but one G7 country on exports, wage growth and manufacturing, according to new analysis published today by the TUC.
Is it even possible to get back to growth?
perhaps there is a form of growth which it is possible to sustain - 'green growth' – and if there is, we all need to know what it would look like. And if it’s impossible, we need to know that too.