A grim forecast for the UK’s poorest families
The IFS predicts child poverty will increase due to planned tax and benefit changes
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Our pensions system is still leaving marginalised groups behind
An Indian worker in the UK typically has less than half the defined benefit pension savings of a white worker
Public Accounts Committee: Google’s tax ‘disproportionately small’
HMRC has been urged to lead the way in clamping down on corporate tax avoidance
Pound falls in response to Boris Johnson’s intervention
Uncertainty in the City as sterling looks set for its biggest daily drop since 2010
Productivity figures sink government hopes of an economic revival
In 2014 the UK was 24 per cent less productive than Germany
The length of this period of economic stagnation is almost unprecedented
The only era remotely comparable is the 1920s, covering the economic chaos at the end of the war and the disastrous return to the gold standard
Why it’s time for a universal basic income in Britain
Our welfare system must promote employment as well as providing a safety net
Despite a parliamentary hearing Google’s tax deal remains opaque
Google hid behind the cloak of confidentiality and refused to provide any information about the deal
Osborne’s economic plan is built on three myths
The UK’s economy is not as strong as the Tories claim: here’s why
IFS calls Osborne’s budget a ‘precarious balancing act’
Lead economists warn the chancellors inflexibility may lead to yet more cuts