Vindicated Balls gives absent Osborne an economics lesson
Small wonder George Osborne chose to hide last night rather than be grilled on Newsnight following yesterday’s disastrous unemployment figures, writes Shamik Das.
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Will Osborne alter course? And how should Labour respond?
With George Osborne’s policies in disarray, Ed Miliband needs to now step in, present a different explanation and, most importantly, come up with a credible Plan B.
Without a Plan B, the record unemployment figures look set to get worse
Without a plan B, it seems likely all this month’s grim jobs stats and record bad figures are likely to be replaced by new ones, writes the TUC’s Richard Exell.
New figures show women’s employment prospects the worst for decades
With the coalition’s efforts to win back female voters in the news, today’s new employment stats couldn’t have come at a worse time, writes James Plunkett.
The euro lurches towards the abyss – but does the Left have a Plan B?
With the eurozone engulfed in a semi-permanent state of crisis, Ann Pettifor outlines five steps the global Left can take towards a Plan B.
The disappearing boost from trade
Today’s trade figures show picture is far less positive than previously; the export boost to growth has faded away, writes IPPR’s Tony Dolphin.
Osborne set to U-turn on QE – so why not on Plan B?
Chancellor George Osborne looks set to give the green light to a second round of Quantitative Easing – a policy he once described as “an admission of failure”.
TUC: We need to build a campaign to make the case for the alternative
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber looks at the challenges for the TUC Congress in building a campaign making the case for a thorough-going economic alternative.
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.
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.