Living standards squeeze continues as inflation rises to four-year high
Inflation is significantly outpacing earnings growth
Green Politics
The Tories from 2010 to 2017 have been the most debt-fuelled governments in modern UK history
Austerity has failed even on its own terms
The equality act established a duty to reduce socio-economic inequality – but will the new government bring it into force?
Reducing inequality could be a legal duty for public bodies
A Labour government would end the PFI Tax Avoidance Racket
Manifesto pledges to stop companies playing creative games to avoid tax
The Tories promise ‘tougher regulation’ of tax avoidance – but why should we believe them?
Previous pledges have been long on rhetoric but short on impact
The Tory economic strategy can only fail – Labour must do more to make that clear
It’s the demand side, stupid
Economists must do their homework before attacking Labour’s tax pledges
Why has the IFS dismissed Labour’s additional levy on property?
On corporation tax, the Institute of Fiscal Studies has shown its neoliberal prejudice
Falling corporate tax rates have not correlated with higher wages in the UK
UK growth is even weaker than we thought
Consumer price squeeze hits GDP
Three graphs that show just how strange – and worrying – the UK labour market is right now
The employment rate is rising but real wages are falling