“Government must think again” – Johnson lays out Labour’s alternative
The Shadow Chancellor Alan Johnson today attacked the Coalition Government’s plan, arguing that it risked jobs and growth, and set out Labour’s alternative.
economy
Sell! Sell! Sell! Think tank urges coalition to privatise almost everything
Free-market think tank the Adam Smith Institute today published a report advocating the privatisation of, well, practically everything, reports Liam Thompson.
Gordon Brown: Action on climate change is “economic common sense”
Gordon Brown made a rare, unexpected and little noticed intervention on climate change over the weekend when he penned an article for the Huffington Post.
Banks get the begging bowl out for small business lending fund
A group of six of our most prominent high street banks have got the begging bowl out again and headed for the Treasury, reports Ben Fox.
UK should look to US to better understand the ‘squeezed middle’ question
Britain should heed the lessons of the US when understanding what has gone wrong for the ‘squeezed middle’, argues Harvard research associate Sophia Parker.
Economic update – October 2010
Although the UK economy grew rapidly in the second quarter (GDP rose by 1.2%) the composition of growth was a little disappointing, reports ippr’s Tony Dolphin.
The big split on deficit reduction is between Labour and Tories
The big split on deficit reduction is between Labour and Tories. The totality of Tory cuts’ plans are almost twice as severe as Alistair Darling’s proposal.
The second dimension of deficit reduction
Labour’s economic direction is far from determined. But the ratio of taxation to spending is just as important a discussion as the speed of deficit reduction.
How to mend Britain’s broken economy
A new e-book, entitled ‘Britain’s broken economy – and how to mend it’ is published today; here, contributor Jonathan Rutherford describes the background to it.
The Coalition’s £100bn gamble on growth without the state
Zoe Gannon of Compass reports on the Coalition’s £100 billion gamble on growth without the state.