The Conservative Party conference offered no policies to fix the country
The ruling Conservative Party might have reflected on its failures and offered fresher policies to rejuvenate the economy and heal social divisions
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Liz Truss will host ‘growth rally’ at Tory party conference
Truss is urging Sunak to be bolder and tackle the UK’s low-growth ‘crisis’.
The collapse of Wilko also shows why we need to reform insolvency laws
Questions ought to be asked about Wilko directors paying £3m in dividends in the financial year to 31 January 2022 when Wilko made a pre-tax loss of £38.7m
Mark Carney demolishes Brexit and Liz Truss’ economic policies
‘When Brexiteers tried to create Singapore on the Thames, the Truss government instead delivered Argentina on the Channel’
Liz Truss defends her disastrous mini-budget and says she was right all along
It’s everyone else’s fault apparently…
UK economy shrinks at quickest pace in seven months
“Another dismal day for growth in the UK economy. Appalling Tory decisions (and failures to make decisions) have left us stuck in a low growth, high tax trap.”
Tory MP roasted by Nick Robinson for trying to claim UK economy is in great shape
‘If you’re flat on your back it’s quite easy to grow faster.’
15-year wage stagnation has left average earnings £230 a week lower than their pre-financial crisis trend
The good news of today doesn’t make up for 15 years of unprecedented wage stagnation.
Chart sums up perfectly just how bad Britain’s economy is under the Tories
It comes as a leading economic think tank warned that the UK is on course to experience five years of “lost” economic growth and is at risk of a recession next year.
It’s time to debunk the myths of neoliberalism
Our lives are not governed by some invisible hand of fate. Rather they are governed by myths and theories that mask power and politics and advance the interests of elites