Fawning over the wisdom of business executives feels a bit pre-2007
Executives are strongly encouraged to put the interests of their shareholders above those of wider society
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Miliband woos Northern Ireland
The Labour leader visited Stormont to discuss the peace process and the devolution of corporation tax powers
Labour are stuck on a ‘things can only be mildly improved’ mantra
Ed Miliband talked sense yesterday, but the electorate still need some form of greater succour.
Deadline looms large for Northern Ireland talks
A successful outcome to the talks at Stormont is crucial if corporation tax powers are to be devolved.
“Financially illiterate”? Scottish Labour must do better
Ed Jacobs reports on the latest SNP/Labour row in Scotland – this time on corporation tax.
Balls and Coaker say an economic revival in Northern Ireland will be top of their agenda
Ed Balls and Vernon Coaker have committed the next Labour Government to putting an economic revival in Northern Ireland at the top of their agenda.
Northern Ireland unites in call to devolve corporation tax powers
Around 60 business and political leaders from across Northern Ireland joined to pressure the UK government to allow Stormont to set its own corporation tax.
Corporation tax – devolution too far?
The FT has once again ignited the debate over whether Northern Ireland, and also Scotland, should be given the powers needed to lower corporation tax.
The Right’s prescription of more of the same ignores the evidence
Just as it is becoming clearer that Osbornomics doesn’t work, Tory think tanks are pushing for even more of the same, writes the TUC’s Nicola Smith.
The madness of more of the same
The gravest global economic crisis since the 1930s was clearly a crisis of the private sector – yet it is the public sector which is getting the blame and must be cut.