George Osborne
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.