Clarke calls for £30 billion in additional cuts
Ken Clarke has revealed more details of the Conservative party’s planned approach to public spending. He wants an additional £30 billion in cuts by 2014-15.
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Osborne’s hypocrisy on financial regulation
George Osborne today pens a joint op ed in the FT with economics professor Jeffrey Sachs. The article exposes his hypocrisy on financial regulation.
Tax policies aren’t just about who gets what money
It sounds obvious to judge a set of tax proposals by who gets what money. But there are many other factors which should be included in judging fairness.
The economic consequences of Mr Dale
Contrary to what you may have read on Iain Dale’s diary, I have not lost my economic marbles. Indeed, it is Mr Dale who shows a clear lack of economic understanding. Dale writes today: “I did a short turn ontest
Women at work should fear spending cuts
Up to now this recession has hit men’s jobs harder than women’s, although the gender difference in unemployment increases has been less than in past downturns.
Scientists face assymetries in public debates on climate change
Chris Rapley has lamented the “political ineptitude of scientists”. But he says they face asymmetries in public debates on climate change.
UK exports collapse in January
Figures out today show the UK’s trade deficit in goods widened to £8 billion in January from £7 billion in December, mainly a result of a 6% fall in exports.
More fuel for the fire in the debate over biofuels
How best to balance the sustainable, certified and small-scale cultivation of biofuels with the need to counteract mounting world hunger & cut carbon emissions?
No George, business does not support you
George Osborne today claims that British business supports his “age of austerity” including cuts to public spending in 2010-11. Aside from the naked “supply siders” at the Institute of Directors, this is simply not the case. George Osborne is widelytest
Low earning households hit hardest by the recession
Low-income households are the real “squeezed middle”, living right on the very edge of their means & surviving on an average earned household income of £15,800.