Osborne: Speaking truth to wealth and power? Really?
George Osborne vowed “to speak truth to power and wealth” at the Tory party conference this week – but dare he speak economic truth to the rest of us?
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Cameron’s recycled rhetoric on benefit claimants
Reports the government will tighten up benefit rules to make people do more to look for work recycle previous Labour policy and miss the point, writes Stephen Evans.
Poll worry for Cameron on eve of conference speech
There was worrying poll news for David Cameron on the eve of his Tory party conference speech this afternoon, reports Left Foot Forward’s Shamik Das.
No growth? ‘Keep calm and carry on’ says Osborne
The coalition has put all its chips on chancellor George Osborne getting it right on the economy, reports Left Foot Forward’s Ben Fox.
Gideon’s grotesque attempt to blame workers’ rights for unemployment
George Osborne’s speech Tory party conferencetoday was (amongst other things) a transparent attempt to shift the blame for unemployment to workers’ rights.
FTSE suffers worst quarterly fall since 2002 as fears rise of “Great Stagnation”
The FTSE fell 13.7 per cent since the start of July – the worst quarterly fall since Q3 2002 and the fourth worst in its history, reports Shamik Das.
Balls’s speech gives Labour a solid economic foundation
Cormac Hollingsworth reviews Ed Balls’s Labour party conference speech, and analyses what it means for Labour’s economic policy over the next four years.
Balls calls for growth now, and cuts later
Left Foot Forward’s Alex Hern looks at Ed Balls’s appearance on the Today Programme and looks ahead to his upcoming Labour party conference speech.
The Lib Dems shouldn’t listen to Osborne’s dribble, they should switch to Plan B now
More gloom on the economy today: The IMF have downgraded UK growth by 0.6 per cent to 1.1 per cent in 2011, and from 2.3 per cent to 1.6 per cent for 2012.
Latest high street gloom shows urgent need for new planning system
Reports today that the national high street vacancy rate might stabilise at around 10% in the long term are further evidence of the need for a new planning system.