Osborne’s ‘march of the makers’ is beating a retreat
Manufacturing – the great hope for George Osborne to lift the UK economy from sluggish growth – is going into reverse.
George Osborne
Only quarter of voters want to scrap 50p tax
A new poll shows that just 25% of voters support the abolition of the 50p tax rate. Danny Alexander is on the right side of the argument.
Coalition’s flagship growth policy is “total flop”
Figures released today show that the Coalition’s flagship NICs holiday policy has flopped. It has helped just 5,000 businesses rather than the 400,000 originally suggested.
Equal Love – the law should recognise gay marriage and same-sex civil partnerships
The Equal Love campaign has taken the cause of legal recognition of same-sex marriage and different-sex civil partnerships to the European Court of Human Rights
Has the coalition lost the plot on growth?
Following the depressing growth figures, coalition big wigs have been keen to offer their hapoth’s worth to George Osborne with a series of bizarre ideas.
The coalition could end up borrowing more than Labour
If the economy continues to stagnate, the coalition could borrow more than Labour this year, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.
How Tory immigration populism is costing us £3.4 billion
Changes to the student visa system will cost the economy billions during a period of sluggish growth, and will affect all regions of the country.
Dismal growth figures leave many parts of Britain languishing in the deep freeze
Three consecutive quarters of negligible growth has left the economy as a whole flatlining; however, some parts of the country are left suffering more than others.
Growth in 2011 set to be less than half OBR’s original prediction
This morning’s growth figures show that the economy grew by just 0.2% in the Q2. Given that the economy flat-lined since September, it means growth has been anaemic for the last nine months.
Osborne’s slashing of police budgets will hinder reform
George Osborne’s decision to eliminate the deficit in a single parliament has left the police with too little time to put in place longer term reforms.