deficit
Clarke’s legal aid axe cuts our rights not the deficit
Justice Select Committee Karl Turner MP explains how cuts to legal aid will cut our legal rights and not the deficit.
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.
Budget 2011: Could Osborne hand out a few goodies today?
Tony Dolphin, ippr senior economist, looks ahead to today's budget - asking whether George Osborne will hand out a few goodies.
US ambassador questions speed and scale of Osborne’s cuts
US ambassador Louis Susman has questioned the wisdom of George Osborne's massive spending cuts, warning they risked plunging Britain into a double-dip recession.
Rating agencies: The unaccountable oligopoly that can destroy economies
A discussion on the importance of the European Commision setting up an independent European credit rating agency