How Osborne’s locked in to making the bad times worse
If the government misses its targets for growth and spending, it will be forced to cut further – making the bad times worse. Oh Goodee!
Green Politics
Who is paying for the chancellor’s announcements?
Richard Exell follows the money on the chancellor’s autumn statement, and finds that it’s the poor who are paying the price.
“We’re all in this together” – when ‘we’ means the bottom 80%
Will Straw examines the regressive nature of the chancellor’s autumn statement
OBR confirm Osborne will borrow more than the Darling projection
In his Autumn statement, George Osborne confirmed that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now projects that the government will borrow more than Alistair Darling was projected to at the time of the last election. This puts the OBR intest
How the OBR’s growth projections have fallen
Will Straw runs through the OBR’s plummeting growth projections
Whatever Osborne’s growth forecasts today, the reality is probably worse
Today’s growth and borrowing forecasts are likely to be grim – they are just as likely to be over optimistic.
Tabloid attacks on green movement mean we have to raise our game
Reg Platt argues that climate change denial gives the green movement the impetus it needs to evolve and strengthen.
Osborne’s stimlu-lite is more pork for vested interests
Alex Hern warns that, necessary as an economic stimulus is, it could simply end up being a hand-out to big business.
Devolved nations call for Osborne to boost growth
In anticipation for George Osborne’s autumn statement, Scotland calls for stimulus, Wales gets on with it.
UK growth – bottom of the table, wallowing with the PIGS
UK Growth is miserable and about to dive into recession according to the OECD. However, the government can’t blame it all on external factors – we’re doing worse than most OECD countries.