Debt
Daily Mail heaps bank debt on nation’s shoulders
The media’s attempt to batter the public into a state of economic illiteracy has been ramped up by the Daily Mail’s attempt to conflate bank bail-outs with the government deficit.
Britain is not like Portugal – evidence from the OECD
George Osborne's economically flawed argument today about Portugal has been quickly rebutted. The OECD's new report includes even more evidence that Britain is not Portugal.
OECD’s inconvenient truth for right-wing ‘Rally Against Debt’
A new report by the OECD out today contains a key graph that won't please the Rally Against Debt brigade, writes Left Foot Forward's Will Straw.
Osborne’s raid on UK households
Matthew Pitt reports on the latest economic blunder from chancellor George Osborne.
Current account weakness shows scale of rebalancing challenge
The latest figures, released by the ONS today, show the UK had a current account deficit of £10.5 billion in the final quarter of 2010 - equivalent to 2.9 per cent of GDP.
An economics lesson for the growth deniers
Ken Livingstone, Labour candidate for London Mayor 2012, rebuts the right wing rhetoric about the deficit, and explains the importance of the March for the Alternative.