OECD chief economist tells Osborne: “Slow down the pace of spending cuts”
The deputy secretary general and chief economist of the OECD, Pier Carlo Padoan, tells UK chancellor George Osborne to “slow down the pace of spending cuts”.
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OECD comes round to the view Osborne’s cuts are too fast and too deep
The OECD is starting to come round to Labour’s view of Chancellor Osborne’s cuts: they are too fast and too deep; Matthew Pitt reports from Parliament.
OECD: Spending cuts threaten progress on child poverty
The OECD has warned the government about the impact of spending cuts on child poverty. They argue that “Sustained early years investment is needed to meet the UK’s child poverty targets”.
Local councillors – could you pick them out of a line-up?
New research shows that only 13 per cent of voters think their local council adresses community needs, with most people unable to even recognise them.
Gap in voting rates between young and old widest in Britain
New OECD data out today reveals the gap in voting rates between 16-35 year olds and those aged 55 or over is wider in Britain than elsewhere, and is three times the OECD average gap.
OECD calls on Gove to save EMA
James Mills reports on the OECD’s calls for the coalition government to bring back EMA to help reduce its huge debt, and return growth to the UK economy.
OECD’s inconvenient truth for right-wing ‘Rally Against Debt’
A new report by the OECD out today contains a key graph that won’t please the Rally Against Debt brigade, writes Left Foot Forward’s Will Straw.
Budget 2011: Cutting red tape isn’t a strategy for growth
Howard Reed exposes the flaws in the argument that deregulation is a straight road to higher economic growth.
An OECD whitewash for Osborne?
Geroge Irvin looks at the OECD’s ‘Economic Survey of the UK 2011’ – and asks if it’s a whitewash for the coalition government and Mr Osborne.
The government must invest in today’s youth to avoid a lost generation
Ben Fox argues the government must invest in the youth of today to avoid a lost generation.