The billion-pound cost of badly-drafted green taxes
Alex Hern reveals the flaws of the EU’s emissions trading system, which has numerous provisions which cost billions and do nothing to reduce pollution.
economy
A word for 2012: Liquidation
Just as deleveraging was the watchword for the first stage of the banking crisis, we are now seeing the roots of the second stage: Liquidation.
Preview 2012 – Northern Ireland
Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs looks ahead to the political situation in Northern Ireland in 2012.
Preview 2012 – Wales
Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs looks ahead to the political situation in Wales in 2012.
Preview 2012 – Scotland
Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs looks ahead to the political situation in Scotland in 2012.
Manufacturers still fear a double-dip recession in 2012
Manufacturers remain worried a double dip recession is looming as the slight revised increase was based on higher growth in agriculture, construction and services.
The south is on its way out of recession, but the north is stuck
IPPR North report on the growing economic split between the north and south of England; while the former may be recovering, the latter is stagnating – or worse.
Unemployment: How Cameron and Clegg are letting the next generation down
Today’s unemployment figures provide a grim reckoning of the mounting human, social, and long-term economic cost of thE government’s failures on the economy.
Unemployment: Plan A isn’t working
Richard Exell goes into great depth on today’s unemployment figures, and explains quite why they are so bad for the coalition.
Grim economic news II: OECD cut UK growth prediction. Again
Alex Hern follows up yesterday’s economics round-up with another day of bad news. This time the OECD and Fitch have joined in, both predicting a slow-down.