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Miliband and Cameron argue jobs, borrowing and “predistribution” at subdued PMQs
Watch Ed Miliband and David Cameron argue jobs, borrowing and “predistribution” at PMQs, 12th September 2012.
Risk of 23-year slump as Cameron now forecast to borrow double what Brown was
David Cameron and George Osborne are set to borrow double the figure Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling were projected to.
Memo to Osborne: Jobs and growth will cut the deficit. Please listen
Cormac Hollingworth explains to George Osborne how rising unemployment and recession are increasing the deficit, and how jobs and growth will cut it. Simples.
Balls repeats his conference message – but the circumstances have changed
Cormac Hollingsworth reports on shadow chancellor Ed Balls’s op ed in today’s Times.
Borrowing more to borrow less may not be political suicide
Leo Barasi examines whether the arguments that Labour can’t politically support deficit spending for growth hold up against the polling data.
Osborne is perilously close to failing to cut borrowing at all
Tuesday was an awful day for the government, but the prediction is for 2011-12 borrowing to still be lower than 2010-11, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.