Why continued unemployment is in the government’s interest
Scapegoating benefit claimants allows the government to deflect attention from its own economic failures, and to make more ideologically motivated cuts
economy
Fears for Northern Ireland’s economy as welfare row continues
Northern Ireland is set for years of ‘intensified austerity’
Experts warn that poor productivity is threatening UK growth
NIESR forecasters expect slow growth in the third quarter
John Mills: Austerity isn’t working, but that doesn’t mean Corbyn is the answer
But those who criticise the far-left need to do more than just decry the policies they propose
How Labour can win back its past
We need to reframe the debate away from public spending to volatile tax revenues
Why the rich getting richer is bad for growth
New IMF research shows that an increase in the income share of the poor boosts the whole economy
The Sun spins Osborne’s £7bn loss into £14bn ‘profit’ in RBS sale coverage
The Tories could do anything to the economy and the press would eat it up
Daily Express blames Greek economic crisis on EU and immigration
Hateful scapegoating and economic garbage from the UKIP supporting paper
The government doesn’t understand what is driving migration to the UK
Cameron’s new proposals are ‘radical’ only because most people believe that we should punish perpetrators, not victims
We lost our economic credibility, says Welsh first minister
Carwyn Jones says Labour must broaden its appeal ahead of next year’s Assembly elections