Rethinking rail: Greening should look to Europe and away from privatisation
Matt Dykes, the TUC’s public transport policy officer, calls on transport secretary Justine Greening to look to Europe for examples of how to run the railways.
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Fine words Mr Cameron, now it’s time for action on infrastructure investment
Ahead of the budget, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves calls on the government to act fast on infrastructure investment to boost the economy.
Left and right should unite to support the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank
Richard Carr of Localis calls on politicians from all sides to support the creation of a new National Infrastructure Bank to boost growth and the recovery.
Fairtrade: An entrepreneurial, responsible private sector is key to sustainable growth
At the end of Fairtrade Fortnight, shadow international development minister Tony Cunningham writes about the moral, and economic, importance of fair trade.
Economic update – March 2012: External events key to any recovery
IPPR chief economist Tony Dolphin presents his latest Left Foot Forward economic update, for March 2012.
US recovery shows the failure of Osborne’s ‘Voodoo Economics’
While the US economy shows encouraging signs of recovery, we in the UK are paying for chancellor George Osbourne’s own misguided version of Voodoo Economics.
Cameron still doesn’t get the need for an interventionist manufacturing strategy
David Cameron and George Osborne still don’t get the need for a robust and interventionist manufacturing strategy, writes Unite’s Tony Burke.
Institutionalised prejudice against co-ops will delay economic recovery
Institutionalised prejudice against co-ops by organisations like the Financial Services Authority will delay the economic recovery, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.
Cable: Coalition lacks “a compelling vision of where the country is heading”
Business secretary Vince Cable has accused the government of lacking “a compelling vision of where the country is heading beyond sorting out the fiscal mess”.
All the signs are there for another credit crunch
the threads of forbearance and liquidity holding up the balance sheets of the private banking system are growing perilously thin, writes Ann Pettifor.