A group of leading economists and social scientists have said austerians are guilty of “bad economics, bad arithmetic and ignoring the lessons of history”.
Nick Clegg says there will be a “massive” increase in housing and infrastructure investment – yet the Treasury refuses to say where the money is coming from.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) have advised today that “planned fiscal adjustment” will be unavoidable if economic recovery fails to take off.
The Welsh Labour government today announced a series of measures designed to deliver growth and secure existing and new jobs, reports Ed Jacobs.
Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary of Unite, writes on their new “Driving Growth – A Unite strategy for the motor industry in the UK” document.
Ed Balls today said George Osborne’s “economic mission”, on his own terms as set out two years ago, “on all three counts”, has failed.
Shadow Scotland Office minister William Bain MP writes about the insanity of the European right’s mad dash for austerity.
IPPR chief economist Tony Dolphin presents his latest Left Foot Forward economic update, for May 2012.
Ed Balls and Peter Mandelson have cast past differences aside to join together this morning to propose a growth plan for Europe, reports Shamik Das.
The government’s flagship Regional Growth Fund has today been slammed by the National Audit Office, reports Left Foot Forward’s Kevin Meagher.
