economics
The billion-pound cost of badly-drafted green taxes
Alex Hern reveals the flaws of the EU's emissions trading system, which has numerous provisions which cost billions and do nothing to reduce pollution.
“We are spiralling into a prolonged and ghastly depression”: The economy in 2012
Ann Pettifor looks to the economy in 2012, and is not hopeful about what she sees.
The south is on its way out of recession, but the north is stuck
IPPR North report on the growing economic split between the north and south of England; while the former may be recovering, the latter is stagnating - or worse.
Grim economic week: 128,000 more people jobless at Christmas
Alex Hern runs through the unemployment figures. Despite minor good news for Northern Ireland and the East of England, they remain grim.
Here’s what the Portas review left out
Elizabeth Cox of nef argues that Mary Portas' review of the High Street makes many good suggestions, but misses out some curiously large targets
Grim economic news II: OECD cut UK growth prediction. Again
Alex Hern follows up yesterday’s economics round-up with another day of bad news. This time the OECD and Fitch have joined in, both predicting a slow-down.