Public split on economic strategy (but don’t want Osborne)
Today’s opinion polls contain mixed messages on the economy. But George Osborne is the third most popular candidate for Chancellor whoever asks the question.
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Tories “are UKIP, but with an Armani tie”
David Cameron has criticised over his alliance with “the extreme right wing from Eastern Europe”, calling them “the nasty party” and “nasty Little Englanders”.
Osborne’s hypocrisy on financial regulation
George Osborne today pens a joint op ed in the FT with economics professor Jeffrey Sachs. The article exposes his hypocrisy on financial regulation.
No George, business does not support you
George Osborne today claims that British business supports his “age of austerity” including cuts to public spending in 2010-11. Aside from the naked “supply siders” at the Institute of Directors, this is simply not the case. George Osborne is widelytest
Is consensus emerging on bankers’ pay?
George Osborne has set out his support for limits on banking pay. His remarks come as Compass set out detailed proposals to tackle banking sector excesses.
What’s the answer, George?
On the day of George Osborne’s Mais Lecture, the Conservative party’s economic policy remains discredited. Left Foot Forward has 5 questions for him to answer.
Miliband: Progressive conservatism doesn’t “withstand serious scrutiny”
In a speech at Demos, David Miliband directly confronted the Tory’s ‘progressive conservatism’ philosophy. He set out Labour’s core value to give people power.
The problem with ‘People’s Bonuses’
Analysis of George Osborne’s proposals that the Tories will offer ‘small’ investors the chance to buy shares in the bailed out banks at ‘discounted’ prices.
Delay cuts, says leading economists
Sixty-seven economists have today entered the debate over the pace of deficit reduction. Left Foot Forward has reproduced the two letters to the FT in full.
Facebook group on Lord Ashcroft’s tax status piles on the pressure
The reason for the Tories’ growing discomfort on the issue of Lord Ashcroft is that continuing lack of clarity about his tax status undermines their positioning