Gordon Brown: Banking reform key to resolving eurozone crisis
Will Straw reports on former prime minister Gordon Brown’s comments at the Global Progress Conference in Madrid.
Green Politics
For every extra £4 spending is cut, it only cuts borrowing an extra 75p
The latest figures on growth (or lack of) are bad for the government’s deficit reduction plan; the government is terrible at cutting borrowing generally.
Inflation report is bad news for Osborne’s targets
Tony Dolphin of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) explains the effect the new inflation statistics will have on the UK economy.
Miliband and Balls need to be more vocal in support of the Robin Hood Tax
Labour needs to come out and tackle the UK government’s misleading claim the Financial Transaction Tax, aka the Robin Hood Tax, is just a ‘Brussels tax’.
Aviation industry turn on Greening over her opposition to third runway
We reveal the aviation industry’s attempt to imply new transport secretary Justine Greening is “compromised” because of her opposition to a third runway at Heathrow.
Let’s end the tyranny of the big six energy companies
Andy Atkins calls on readers to join Friends of the Earth’s “Final Demand” campaign, and explains why the ‘Big Six’ energy companies need their dominance ended.
Cameron’s “failed experiment” leads to yet another economic downgrade
Alex Hern runs through the latest negative economic news, and reports on the New York Times’s criticism of the UK government.
Taking on the tax havens
Chris Jordan, a tax justice campaigner at Action Aid, writes about taking on the tax havens.
Losing the plot: How the Lords rubbished the NHS bill – then voted for it anyway
Jos Bell gives an account of the key House Lords debate this week on the health and social care bill.
Outrage at 733 per cent rise in energy companies’ profits
There was anger today at the news this morning that energy companies’ profits had soared eight-fold from £15 to £125 per customer per year, reports Shamik Das.