Ed Balls
Osborne’s scrapping of fuel tax is ‘fastest U-turn in history’, but a welcome one
As much as we welcome the tax freeze, why won’t Osborne learn that these U-turns are doing serious damage to his credibility as chancellor?
Balls: “Complacent and out of touch” Cameron and Osborne to blame for deeper double-dip
The UK economy shrank by more than first thought, down 0.3% in the first quarter of 2012, and down 0.6% over the past two quarters - a deeper double-dip.
Balls: Osborne’s “we’re all in this together” economic mission has failed
Ed Balls today said George Osborne’s “economic mission”, on his own terms as set out two years ago, “on all three counts”, has failed.
Balls and Mandelson call for Britain to take lead on growth plan for Europe
Ed Balls and Peter Mandelson have cast past differences aside to join together this morning to propose a growth plan for Europe, reports Shamik Das.
Miliband: Cameron and Osborne ‘have helped bankers, millionaires and Murdoch’
Ed Miliband will today seek to portray the Tories as the party of the few, helping bankers, millionaires and Murdoch while doing nothing for everyone else.
Another day, another downgrade
UK fourth quarter GDP last year was downgraded this morning to a 0.3% shrinkage from 0.2%, with growth for the whole year revised down from 0.8% to 0.7%.