Economic recovery will be spread unevenly
Last year, Centre for Cities reported that the recession had widened the gap between UK cities; today, they warn that the recovery might also play out unevenly.
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Balls vows to put “jobs and growth first”
New Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls tonight pledged to put employment and growth at the heart of Labour’s alternative plan for the economy, reports Shamik Das.
Labour market deterioriation is now becoming a cause for real concern
Today’s labour market statistics are simply bad news, though the monthly unemployment data are slightly more promising – but overall, levels remain high.
China comes bearing gifts for better understanding
As the Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang visits the UK, Sonny Leong, publisher and chair of Chinese for Labour, reports on why Britain needs to work with China.
Clegg’s latest lie: UK was on verge of a “sovereign debt crisis”
This morning the deputy prime minister Nick Clegg repeated the now discredited claim that when the coalition formed Britain was “on the edge of bankruptcy”.
Latest attack on Ed Miliband not backed up by the facts
As the cuts debate rages, the ippr’s senior economist Tony Dolphin looks at whether the latest critique of Ed Miliband’s economic policy is justified.
Osborne’s financial pain begins as VAT hike hits
Despite the patently dishonest claims by the Tories that the VAT rise is progressive, it will, as the IFS says, hit the poorest hardest – particularly families.
Economic update – January 2011
Tony Dolphin, of the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), looks at the state of the economy as we enter the new year.
SDLP: Our progressive vision of an all-island, high tech economy
SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie discusses her plans for the future of the party and progressive politics in Northern Ireland ahead of the 2011 Assembly elections.
A year of economic uncertainty lies ahead
The following 12 months will be the year where the consequences of policymakers’ decisions and indecision are felt by all. Five questions will dominate economic discourse in 2011.