Conservatives to meet aid target by counting ‘made up’ debt relief as aid
David Taylor, chair of the Labour Campaign for International Development, reveals the Tories’ plan to count debt relief as real aid, arguing it’s no help at all.
Green Politics
It’s official: the 50p tax rate raises revenue
As the evidence comes in that the 50p tax rate raises hundreds of millions of pounds a year, Alex Hern looks at what the new Tory line will be on the rate.
Economic update – January 2012: Outlook not all bad
Tony Dolphin presents his economic update for January 2012.
2012: The year ahead for young people
Alex Hern looks at what we can expect for the under-25s in 2012. Youth unemployment will remain the number one problem, and some campaigns to deal with it are better than others
The billion-pound cost of badly-drafted green taxes
Alex Hern reveals the flaws of the EU’s emissions trading system, which has numerous provisions which cost billions and do nothing to reduce pollution.
“We are spiralling into a prolonged and ghastly depression”: The economy in 2012
Ann Pettifor looks to the economy in 2012, and is not hopeful about what she sees.
Opposition parties attack Salmond’s commitment to green agenda
Ed Jacobs looks at accusations Alex Salmond’s SNP government is backing down from efforts to be environmentally friendly.
A word for 2012: Liquidation
Just as deleveraging was the watchword for the first stage of the banking crisis, we are now seeing the roots of the second stage: Liquidation.
Design agencies face a second year of talent exodus in 2012
Rachel Fairley presents the problems design agencies are having as we sink into a second recession.
Robin Hood Tax gains momentum – on the continent
Tony Burke writes about the calls from a leading German Trade Unionist to introduce a Robin Hood tax in Germany, and to deal with the discrepancy between taxes on earned and unearned income.