The Vickers report lacked ambition and lacks bite
It is not difficult to understand why today’s report of the Independent Commission on Banking (the Vickers Commission) falls short of what we need.
Green Politics
Telling the story of the recession
James Plunkett, secretary to the Resolution Foundation’s Commission on Living Standards, looks at the story of the recession, for the UK and the world.
Osborne set to U-turn on QE – so why not on Plan B?
Chancellor George Osborne looks set to give the green light to a second round of Quantitative Easing – a policy he once described as “an admission of failure”.
TUC: We need to build a campaign to make the case for the alternative
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber looks at the challenges for the TUC Congress in building a campaign making the case for a thorough-going economic alternative.
OECD prediction rocks Osborne’s deficit reduction hopes
Osborne has gutted the UK economy, making it increasingly difficult to reduce the deficit, reports Ben Fox.
There’s nothing exceptional about 50% tax rates
Left Foot Forward’s Declan Gaffney explains that, despite the media spin, there is nothing exceptional about the UK’s 50 per cent top rate of tax.
The ‘Big Five’ banks’ private welfare state
The latest ‘too big to fail’ figures help illustrate just how desperately the Independent Banking Commission needs to show resolve in dealing with the banks.
“Unrealistic assumptions”? Who is Mr Osborne talking about?
Last night, Geroge Osborne never named those he felt should be busy re-examining their view of the world. Could it be that the answer lies close to home?
Britain in the growth slow lane as demand for staff stalls
Yesterday’s Eurostat data on EU growth and this morning’s Recruitment and Employment Confederation/KPMG Report on Jobs contain more depressing news on the economy.
Bombardier decision threatens thousands of supply chain jobs
A new business survey conducted by Survation for Unite the Union explores the full scale of the industrial fallout if the Bombardier decision is not reversed.