economics
Remember how the agency workers directive was going to take 500,000 jobs? Yeah, well…
Alex Hern reviews the effect of the Agency Workers Directive, and finds that the right were so very wrong about what it would do to jobs.
Inflation is worse for the worst off
Left Foot Forward’s Alex Hern explains why the 5.2 per cent inflation figure is far lower than that actually experienced by the poorest in society.
The coalition is failing to tackle youth unemployment
Ruwan Subasinghe writes about the opportunities for David Miliband in tackling youth unemployment, even as the coalition cuts crucial programs which help.
For every extra £4 spending is cut, it only cuts borrowing an extra 75p
The latest figures on growth (or lack of) are bad for the government’s deficit reduction plan; the government is terrible at cutting borrowing generally.
Inflation report is bad news for Osborne’s targets
Tony Dolphin of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) explains the effect the new inflation statistics will have on the UK economy.
Nine economists tell George Osborne how to fix the country
Alex Hern runs through the alternatives presented to George Osborne in this weeks New Statesman.