Economic update – May 2011
The ippr’s senior economist Tony Dolphin looks at the key economic indicators and reviews the state of the UK economy in his latest economic update for Left Foot Forward.
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Retail sales – it’s the volume figures that matter
Tony Dolphin, ippr’s senior economist, reports on the latest retail sales data from the Office for National Statistics.
Banking Commission: A huge, missed opportunity to prevent economic failure
The Vickers Commission’s Interim Report on Banking is a huge missed opportunity; a betrayal, some might say, writes leading financial journalist Ann Pettifor.
Good news on jobs, but too soon to start celebrating
Unemployment fell and employment rose in today’s labour market statistics, and most of the growth is accounted for by full-time employee jobs. But is it a blip?
Households feel the pinch
Consumer price inflation was 4.0 per cent in March, according to the latest figures released this morning by the Office for National Statistics.
Election 2011: Plaid Cymru outline vision for Wales
Nerys Evans, Plaid Cymru candidate in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire and the party’s Director of Policy, sets out Plaid’s vision for Wales as the launch their 2011 Assembly elections manifesto.
IFS: Govt. claim 80% will be better off is misleading
The IFS has disputed Danny Alexander’s claim that 80 per cent of families will be “better off” as a result of the tax and benefit changes coming into force today.
Economic update – April 2011
Tony Dolphin looks at the key economic indicators and reviews the state of the UK economy in his latest economic update for Left Foot Forward.
OECD’s inconvenient truth for right-wing ‘Rally Against Debt’
A new report by the OECD out today contains a key graph that won’t please the Rally Against Debt brigade, writes Left Foot Forward’s Will Straw.
Osborne needs to set clear objectives that meet real social needs
we need to recognise that driving industrial transformation is about more than vaguely demanding GDP growth, but of setting clear objectives that meet real social needs, writes James Meadway of the new economics foundation.