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Balls attacks long-term damage of Osborne’s “short-term pain”
Ed Balls will today warn of the “long-term damage” being done to the economy and “long-term price” paid by the country for George Osborne's economic failures.
Pennycook: The ‘squeezed middle’ hold the key to victory in 2015
All parties now agree that meeting the socio-economic challenges faced by Britain's low to middle income families is paramount. But how?
Virgin Trains staff in “constant fear” of Branson’s ‘fire-at-will’ policy
On top of financial hardship faced by all, Virgin Trains workers also have to worry about the Richard Branson’s insidious ‘fire-at-will’ culture.
Economic update – June 2012: The economy – and the government’s policies – going nowhere
The government's rejection of stimulus measures to promote growth has left the British economy static, with declining growth and increasing inflation.
How the Tories became an endangered species in the North of England
IPPR North researcher Lewis Goodall reflects on the 2012 local election results in Northern England.
Welsh education minister: ‘Callous, ignorant’ IDS should be sacked
Welsh education minister Leighton Andrews has called on UK work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith to be sacked over his “callous” comments on Remploy.