OBR
Unprecedented growth of 1.3 per cent needed for OBR to meet its projection
Will Straw details what to expect from tomorrow's OBR figures on growth, why they're likely to be lower than predicted, and how that affects Osborne's plans to continue his austerity programme.
Inflation report is bad news for Osborne’s targets
Tony Dolphin of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) explains the effect the new inflation statistics will have on the UK economy.
Without growth will we even halve the deficit?
The IMF downgrades to UK growth today is awful news for those who are hoping to cut the deficit, explains Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Hollingsworth.
Britain is bottom of the G7’s growth table
Britain is bottom of the G7's growth league table. Excluding earthquake-hit Japan, Britain is growing more slowly than every other major developed economy.
The OBR, personal debt and the living standards gap
The Resolution Foundation's Gavin Kelly and Matthew Whittaker look at whether squeezed households will really borrow more to prop up living standards.
BCC economist predicts flat growth over last six months
The chief economist of the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has predicted that, excluding the effect of snow in December, […]