There’s nothing exceptional about 50% tax rates
Left Foot Forward’s Declan Gaffney explains that, despite the media spin, there is nothing exceptional about the UK’s 50 per cent top rate of tax.
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The ‘Big Five’ banks’ private welfare state
The latest ‘too big to fail’ figures help illustrate just how desperately the Independent Banking Commission needs to show resolve in dealing with the banks.
“Unrealistic assumptions”? Who is Mr Osborne talking about?
Last night, Geroge Osborne never named those he felt should be busy re-examining their view of the world. Could it be that the answer lies close to home?
Britain in the growth slow lane as demand for staff stalls
Yesterday’s Eurostat data on EU growth and this morning’s Recruitment and Employment Confederation/KPMG Report on Jobs contain more depressing news on the economy.
Economic update – September 2011
IPPR’s senior economist Tony Dolphin looks at the key economic indicators and reviews the state of the economy in his latest economic update for Left Foot Forward.
Government inaction on green economy is holding us back
Investment in our green economy would get Britain growing and cut the deficit, but government inaction is holding us back, writes shadow minister Luciana Berger.
Head bond vigilante brands Osborne’s strategy economic “suicide”
Gidoen Osborne’s economic strategy has been savaged by the head bond vigilante Bill Gross, branding it “suicide”, reports Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Hollingsworth.
The challenges for Labour in developing a credible banking regulation policy
Matthew Pitt on the debate on Plan B and banking regulation, and looks at what Labour needs to do next – plus a look at plans for a British Investment Bank.
Debunking the banking lobby’s scare tactics
The complete separation of retail and investment banking is an urgent prerequisite for future sustainable growth, not a reason to delay it, writes Compass’s Joe Cox.
How the disabled took all the jobs
Declan Gaffney takes apart the latest right wing anti-disabled anti-immigrant fearmongering in the press and amongst politicians.