George Osborne
FT pulls apart austerity economics
The Financial Times has this morning produced a blinding set of graphs which highlight how fiscal austerity has negatively impacted on the GDP of various European economies.
The loss of Britain’s triple A credit rating won’t make much difference
Sometimes, even abject policy failure doesn't make much material difference. This is the paradox of the UK government's loss of its AAA credit rating.
Three years of economic vandalism that have left the UK open to this triple-A debacle
The blame for the downgrading of the UK's triple-A credit rating by Moody's can be laid squarely at the door of the government.
We must not be fooled by the coalition’s rhetoric on tax avoidance
The government claim to be taking tax avoidance seriously, but so far the rhetoric has been far removed from reality.
Osborne commits to ending tax avoidance, but I need convincing that he means it
The chancellor George Osborne has written in the Guardian that he is committed to ending tax abuse by multinational companies. He needs to show he means it.
Osborne under increasing pressure to move to the right
The chancellor George Osborne is coming under increasing pressure from tory back benchers and the governor of the bank of England to pursue a more right wing agenda.