Transport poverty is real, pervasive and must be tackled
Liz Thorne, policy adviser at Sustrans, examines whether a family car is a necessity or is transport poverty the real issue.
economy
Regional Growth Fund failure “nothing short of scandalous”
The government’s flagship Regional Growth Fund policy has fallen on its face and been reduced to a money-saving exercise.
Where can investment come from?
Stephen Beer investigates why investment is not reaching the UK economy and what Labour can do to induce investment among our nation’s businesses.
Comment: Hollande wades into choppy waters over Europe
Francois Hollande’s promises have become a reality of more of the same, with poll ratings sliding and division within the French Socialist party.
Balls attacks long-term damage of Osborne’s “short-term pain”
Ed Balls will today warn of the “long-term damage” being done to the economy and “long-term price” paid by the country for George Osborne’s economic failures.
Two-thirds think the economy is “too harsh” on ordinary working people
Tomorrow, Stan Greenberg will publish new research examining people’s perceptions of whether the economy is harsh on ‘ordinary people’.
Balls woos Cable, in Plan B plea to “sensible people in the government”
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has followed Labour leader Ed Miliband’s lead, making fresh overtures to business secretary Vince Cable.
Umunna: The case for an active government and modern industrial policy
Read the text of shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna’s speech todoay to Policy Network’s conference on growth and a new political economy.
While the government are blaming everybody but themselves, Londoners are suffering
Londoners are suffering as the government blames everybody else for their economic mess, writes Labour’s City Hall Planning spokesperson Nicky Gavron.
Risk of 23-year slump as Cameron now forecast to borrow double what Brown was
David Cameron and George Osborne are set to borrow double the figure Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling were projected to.