Enterprise Zones are the dusting down of a failed Thatcherite policy
Enterprise Zones, the dusting down of a failed Thatcherite policy, shows the government has no strategy for real growth, just ad hoc short termism.
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Osborne’s economic attacks on women reflect a wider Tory problem
The Mirror this morning recount the different ways women are under attack from the coalition’s economic policy, reports Left Foot Forward’s Daniel Elton.
Osborne now faces credit rating crisis
Ben Fox reports on Mr Osborne’s dangerous economic policies that could drive us into a credit rating crisis.
Tees Valley disproves Coalition economics
Yesterday, Experian reported on the impact of that on the north east where 43 per cent of jobs are in the public sector. In Tees Valley, three council areas – Middlesbrough, Redcar and Hartlepool – all have very low resilience because they only have industries vulnerable to damage and closure, skill levels too low for easy transfer to other occupations, ageing populations and a weak enterprise culture.
Osborne’s ideological tax cuts will have to be financed
As noted in our Politics Summary, George Osborne is taking a bit of a kicking today over his pre-election claims that Britain was risking a “Greek tragedy”…