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.
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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.
It’s a complex economy, stupid
The following is an edited version of a chapter from IPPR’s forthcoming book, “Complex New World: Translating new economic thinking into public policy”.
Double blow for Osborne: 52% want him sacked, and just 2% of Tories want him as leader
More than half the public want George Osborne removed as chancellor, a poll yesterday revealed, while just 2% of Tories want him as their next leader.
CPAG: Osborne’s £3bn tax credit cuts “may have deepened the recession”
George Osborne’s swingeing tax credit cuts of £3 billion may have contributed to the dire Q2 downturn, the Child Poverty Action Group said today.
Latest GDP numbers mean Britain’s economy has shrunk since general election
The latest poor GDP numbers mean Britain’s economy has shrunk since general election.