Labour Market
New clean energy cuts threaten low-carbon economic progress and new jobs
The Financial Times reported this week that serious and established plans by Siemens to build a wind turbine industry in the UK, with the creation of hundreds of new jobs, are now being threatened by possible new coalition cuts to clean energy budgets.
Bank of England Governor joins attack on bank lending
Following the embarrassingly empty green paper published this week, titled "Financing a private sector recovery" without offering any ideas on how to finance it, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has launched a blistering attack on Britain's major banks.
Wanted: A leadership that understands London’s problems
Ken Livingstone writes exclusively on the problems facing London's economy under the ConDem cuts and why he is the man who can best deal with them.
You’ve done great! ps. You’re fired
Good timing and luck are everything in politics. Unfortunately for the regional development agencies, they have not been overendowed with either. They long ago shattered a lorry load of mirrors.
Treasury hasn’t done its maths on filling the jobs gap
Our guest writer is Dr Faiza Shaheen, researcher on economic inequality at nef (the new economics foundation) and author of […]
Some genuine good news from today’s employment stats
Today’s labour market statistics reveal an employment recovery that is picking up, but remains very weak – though there is some genuine good news in today’s results.