George Osborne
The other British economy: low productivity and no manufacturing strategy
There was plenty of data out this week suggesting a bleaker economic picture than that painted by the government and the media.
Consumer debt, another house price boom – what sort of recovery is this?
The chancellor has given up on any rebalancing of the economy and has fallen back on what can only lead, further down the line, to another crash.
50p tax rate: play the world’s smallest violin for the rich
I won't be playing the world's smallest violin for those affected by the proposed 50p tax rate, and neither should you.
Why Larry Summers was right to give Osborne’s economic policy a kicking
We should welcome Larry Summers showing how incoherent this chancellor’s economic policy really is.
Miliband’s been quicker to notice the effectiveness of competition policy on better banking
Ed Miliband's speech shows that politicians of all stripes have had damascene conversions on their attitudes to the banking sector.
Competitor banks are needed to shake up the system
Competitor banks to shake up the system should primarily have community interests as its focus. What Miliband is signalling at today is a good first move.