Gideon’s grotesque attempt to blame workers’ rights for unemployment
George Osborne’s speech Tory party conferencetoday was (amongst other things) a transparent attempt to shift the blame for unemployment to workers’ rights.
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Coalition manufacturing policy shot to pieces
The 3,000 job losses announced during the Labour party conference show the coalition’s manufacturing strategy is non-existent and has been shot to pieces.
Does China present a threat to British jobs or an opportunity for growth?
Jaguar Land Rover’s new factory in Wolverhampton is a welcome boost to British manufacturing, but is only the first step in gaining a new competitive edge.
What kind of “civil disobedience” tactics will the unions use?
Unions have promised the biggest campaign of “civil disobedience” ever seen – but what kind of tactics might they be considering?
Vindicated Balls gives absent Osborne an economics lesson
Small wonder George Osborne chose to hide last night rather than be grilled on Newsnight following yesterday’s disastrous unemployment figures, writes Shamik Das.
Without a Plan B, the record unemployment figures look set to get worse
Without a plan B, it seems likely all this month’s grim jobs stats and record bad figures are likely to be replaced by new ones, writes the TUC’s Richard Exell.
Memo to Mr Cameron – look to Scotland, where unemployment is falling
As the economy falters, David Cameron and George Osborne should look to Scotland – the only area of the country where unemployment fell, reports Ed Jacobs.
Fees, cuts… Is this what Cameron means by “giving young people back their future”?
David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed over the economy at Prime Minister’s Questions today, following this morning’s horrendous unemployment stats.
New figures show women’s employment prospects the worst for decades
With the coalition’s efforts to win back female voters in the news, today’s new employment stats couldn’t have come at a worse time, writes James Plunkett.
Economic outlook getting bleaker and bleaker for the North, Wales and Scotland
A new report today shows startling news for the UK’s north-south divide. Its survey of employer hiring intentions finds the UK effectively split down the middle.