The IFS sets out the extent of cuts to come
New spending commitments mean some areas will feel all the impact of the cuts
New spending commitments mean some areas will feel all the impact of the cuts
The IMF suggests the chancellor has shot the whole country in the foot
The policy of austerity is finally dying with Europe and even the monetarist IMF realising their folly recently. With its intellectual justification in tatters this government’s economic policies must change right now.
Last night’s IMF reassessment on the UK economy is a massive boost for Ed Balls’s 5-point plan for growth, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.
The IMF thinks cuts have damaged growth more than previously thought, reports Will Straw.
If what the Secretary General of the OECD says is true, then the country is in big trouble if the chancellor and the PM are ‘intent on staying on course’.
Balls: How much longer must we wait, and how much more damage must be done, before George Osborne finally does the most important u-turn of all?
The IMF downgraded its UK growth forecast today for the third time in under a year.
The government’s rejection of stimulus measures to promote growth has left the British economy static, with declining growth and increasing inflation.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) have advised today that “planned fiscal adjustment” will be unavoidable if economic recovery fails to take off.