Strong exports keep the UK economy out of recession
The UK economy grew by 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of the year, according to the second GDP estimate released by the Office for National Statistics today.
Green Politics
The consequences of Mr Osborne: More deficit
Ann Pettifor takes Mr Osborne to task for the latest figures on borrowing that show his austerity plan is working the way he planned.
Cameron falls down on his economic balancing act
The majority of British manufacturers said in a recent poll that David Cameron’s government have the wrong strategy on rebalancing the economy.
Is the government privatising the debt?
Kevin Gulliver, director of research charity the Human City Institute and chair of the Centre for Community Research, looks at whether the government is privatising the debt.
Osborne’s weakness on banking reforms risks another financial crisis
George Osborne, caught between conflicting interests, is not carrying out the necessary banking reforms to ensure the stability of the industry.
The case for Gordon Brown at the IMF
Natan Doron makes the case for Gordon Brown to lead the IMF.
The McNulty review: The devil’s in the detail
McNulty report in danger of being an exercise in finding ways to price people off peak-time trains, dressed up as simplification.
Encouraging job figures – but not for women or the over 50s
Richard Exell takes a look at the latest job figures, which show some positive movement but also worrying signs for women and the over 50s.
UK housing market is an engine of inequality
Is the housing market fostering inequality between the generations and across society? Kevin Gulliver gives an evidence based analysis of the current situation.
David Davis: an unlikely Keynesian
David Davis comes out today as an unlikely Keynesian. In today’s Times he sets out the case for utilising Britain’s unemployed to lay superfast broadband.