Ed Miliband’s speech: fixing the long-term problems
The key is convincing voters that Miliband has the a better solution than George Osborne without creating a rod for his own back by claiming that he can completely ‘fix’ the economy.
George Osborne
A minimum wage increase is long overdue
An increase in the minimum wage is long overdue.
Mo Farah: from lefty hero to tax exile in 10 short months
Last year Mo Farah was calling on the chancellor to crack down on tax avoidance. Now he want to be a tax exile.
Shares for rights scheme ‘a big flop’
Osborne has found it difficult to get employers’ organisations to back the scheme.
Osborne’s false dichotomy: ‘people who work and pay taxes’ and those on welfare
Benefits are often an essential subsidy to low wages rather than an alternative to work.
Means-testing pensioner entitlements: good economics, bad politics
Taking away the entitlements of wealthy pensioners may be good economics, but it would be incredibly risky for the Tory party.
Growth is being driven by consumer credit and household debt, despite the need for exports and manufacturing
The Tories have clearly not learned the lesson of the last two decades.
Help to Buy risks ‘detonating a bomb under the British economy’, says Cameron housing advisor
George Osborne’s flagship Help to Buy housing scheme is dangerous and risks “detonating a bomb under the British economy”, David Cameron’s new housing advisor has said.
It’s telling that the chancellor failed to mention ‘manufacturing’ once in his Autumn Statement
The re-balancing of the economy which Osborne promised has been all but abandoned.
Autumn Statement 2013: winners and losers
The distributional impact of today’s Autumn Statement as broken down by HMRC.