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We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.
Will Straw runs through the OBR’s plummeting growth projections
Today’s growth and borrowing forecasts are likely to be grim – they are just as likely to be over optimistic.
Reg Platt argues that climate change denial gives the green movement the impetus it needs to evolve and strengthen.
Alex Hern warns that, necessary as an economic stimulus is, it could simply end up being a hand-out to big business.
In anticipation for George Osborne’s autumn statement, Scotland calls for stimulus, Wales gets on with it.
UK Growth is miserable and about to dive into recession according to the OECD. However, the government can’t blame it all on external factors – we’re doing worse than most OECD countries.
Alexandra Woodsworth writes about the victory for passionate campaigning that George Osborne’s u-turn on fare rises represents
Alex Hern explains why Tories in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones over low turnout
Cormac Hollingsworth explains why, if you wanted to sell Northern Rock, you would have done it better than the Government. So why didn’t they?
Alex Hern argues that the multi-million pound cost of hiring new judges to deal with the appeal backlog for welfare cases shows yet again the false economy of the cuts.
