Green Politics
Plaid Cymru claim independent Wales could be 39% richer
According to new research from Harvard University, an independent Wales would be a richer Wales
Osborne’s ‘march of the makers’ is beating a retreat
Manufacturing - the great hope for George Osborne to lift the UK economy from sluggish growth - is going into reverse.
Only quarter of voters want to scrap 50p tax
A new poll shows that just 25% of voters support the abolition of the 50p tax rate. Danny Alexander is on the right side of the argument.
Coalition’s flagship growth policy is “total flop”
Figures released today show that the Coalition's flagship NICs holiday policy has flopped. It has helped just 5,000 businesses rather than the 400,000 originally suggested.
Boris’s call for Euro break-up would be disastrous for the UK
The full scale of European debt is now becoming clear - as well as the UK's exposure to it. Default would massively damage Britain, eurobonds need to be introduced.
Enterprise Zones are the dusting down of a failed Thatcherite policy
Enterprise Zones, the dusting down of a failed Thatcherite policy, shows the government has no strategy for real growth, just ad hoc short termism.