Inequality is on the rise. And it really is the coalition’s fault
Now that coalition reforms are in place, we’re starting to see the true impact of government policy – and inequality is on the rise.
George Osborne
High speed 3: vision for the North or vanity for Osborne?
Driving northern economic development requires more than just transport connections.
New figures: George Osborne borrowing more than expected
Income tax receipts in particular have been weaker than expected.
George Osborne’s opposition to the Financial Transactions Tax is the height of madness
Angela Merkel, right-leaning Mariano Rajoy, and the man dubbed ‘Italy’s Tony Blair’ all support it, so why doesn’t George Osborne?
Britain’s economic growth is not a sign that austerity works
The economic recovery is due to a “combination of the depth of the hole it found itself in, the moderation in the trend toward deeper and deeper austerity and the effects of possibly bubble-creating government loans”, according to former United States secretary of the treasury Larry Summers.
George Osborne loses legal challenge to Robin Hood Tax
This morning the European Court of Justice has announced that the UK has failed in its legal challenge to prevent 11 EU Member States.
Sorry George, what recovery?
On hearing that Britain is ‘returning to growth’, many if not most people will probably ask ‘recovery? what recovery?’ writes James Bloodworth.
Government citing out of date figures in attempt to wriggle out of food bank shame
The government is citing out of date figures in an attempt to wriggle out of its food bank shame, writes James Bloodworth.
Cost of living crisis over? Three things the Tory press won’t tell you this week
Recovery. What recovery? asks James Bloodworth.
Unemployment down 77,000 to 2.24 million
Unemployment decreased by 77,000 between September 2013 and November 2013 to 2.33 million, with the unemployment rate now at 6.9 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.