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.
economy
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.
Miliband and Cameron clash on the economy in first post-recess, post-reshuffle PMQs
Watch Ed Miliband and David Cameron clash on the economy at PMQs, 5th September 2012.
Top economists retract approval of Osborne after publicly supporting him two years ago
Out of 20 top economists who published a letter in support of George Osborne two years ago, only one was willing to reaffirm his approval of the chancellor
0% growth forecast highlights need for stimulus to promote employment, growth and spending
The Bank of England’s latest warning that the economy has hit the buffers and will come grinding to a screeching halt later this year comes as no surprise.