Cameron and Osborne want the unemployed to work for £1.78 an hour
Alex Hern reports on David Cameron and George Osborne’s savage undermining of the minimum wage.
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Osborne starts to panic about the chance of a Robin Hood Tax
Owen Tudor writes about George Osborne’s panicky response to the Robin Hood Tax, with the chancellor looking increasingly on the side of the super-rich.
New report dubs Osborne’s economic strategy a “myth”
A new report says the government’s central message that reducing the budget deficit and debt levels will enhance economic growth is a “myth”, reports Ed Jacobs.
Osborne in public: “I am not against Tobin taxes”; in private: “He remains unconvinced”
Alex Hern covers Osborne’s attack on an FTT, and questions whether his arguments against them are even internally consistent.
On the Financial Transaction Tax, why is Osborne on the side of the one per cent?
Today Dr Rowan Williams came out in support of a Financial Transaction Tax – yet George Osborne still opposes the tax that would raise billions for the poor.
The best preventative medicine in the world can’t undo the damage of Osborne’s austerity
Dr Tristan Learoyd explains why the coalition’s focus on preventative medicine is a smokescreen for cuts, and is doomed to inefficacy, because of the cuts.
“Underlying picture remains weak”, “paltry”, “bumping along the bottom” – growth reaction
Shamik Das rounds up the reaction to this morning’s growth figures.
Ignore Osborne’s spin; a jobs recession is inevitable
With the outlook for output growth deteriorating, it is hard to see how the UK can avoid falls in employment in the third and fourth quarters of 2010 – a jobs recession.
Unprecedented growth of 1.3 per cent needed for OBR to meet its projection
Will Straw details what to expect from tomorrow’s OBR figures on growth, why they’re likely to be lower than predicted, and how that affects Osborne’s plans to continue his austerity programme.
All in it together, eh Gideon? FTSE fat cats see pay rocket 50 per cent
As millions suffer the squeeze in Austerity Britain, the pay of FTSE 100 directors rose 50 per cent in the last year, a sickening new report reveals today.