Crazy May’s immigration policy will make us all poorer
Alex Hern covers the claim by 15 leading economists in the FT that the Home Office plans to send home poor migrants will cut 0.29% from growth over five years.
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New student visa system turning prospective entrepreneurs away from the UK
The UK’s student visa system is turning prospective entrepreneurs away from the UK, according to a leading Indian newspaper, reports Will Straw from India.
UK not performing too well in the GDP growth championship
Explaining Britain’s abysmally low growth, Ann Pettifor pushes a metaphor to its logical conclusion.
Raab’s attacks on workers’ rights are – surprise – based on no evidence
The TUC’s Sarah Veale takes apart hard-right Tory MP Dominic Raab’s claims that cutting employment rights will help anyone do anything.
New LSE report says Labour’s economic record was “strong” and “not due to bubbles”
A new LSE report says Labour’s economic performance was “strong”, and was “not due to ‘unsustainable bubbles’ in finance, property, oil and public spending”.
OECD: The economic indications are not good for Gideon
Alex Hern runs through the latest economic indicators, and what they mean for future growth – they are not good for George Osborne.
Osborne has put Britain in an economic death spiral: Here’s how to break out
Shadow minister Willie Bain MP presents a four step plan to bring Britain out of the economic death spiral we are in.
Osborne’s refusal to increase demand leaves young unemployed without hope
The public sector is cutting jobs, the private sector is scaling back recruitment and most of the government’s apprenticeships are being taken up by older people.
Public sector jobs are growing in London and the South East; here’s why
Ed Cox and Will Cook detail the failure of the government to “rebalance” the economy, either in terms of North/South divide or Public/Private balance.
UK set for among slowest growth in EU
New research by the European Commission shows that only Greece, Italy, Portugal and Cyprus will grow more slowly than the UK in 2011, reports Will Straw.