Public turned off “age of austerity”
A poll shows voters think shielding services is more important than reducing the deficit. The findings are a blow to the Conservative’s “age of austerity” message.
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Finking about stimulus
The position of Fraser Nelson and Guido Fawkes on deficits should hearten the left. Tax cuts are stimulative but spending rises even more so.
Hannan-omics: “factual inaccuracies, dubious assertions”
Daniel Hannan has praised Georgia’s economic policy. But experts say his piece has “serious factual inaccuracies” and “dubious, to say the least, assertions.”
Should we listen to Richard Branson on the deficit?
Richard Branson has called for the deficit to be slashed. But should we listen to a tax avoider and evader?
More evidence of public sector cuts
More evidence has emerged of the financial squeeze set to confront the public sector, as policy makers turn their attention to how to plug budget deficits.
Thousands of students’ dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts
Today’s UCAS figures confirm that thousands of students – one in three – will have their dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts.
Tory cuts would “strangle” growth by £5bn
The Conservative party’s economy policy would “strangle the recovery at birth.” Their cuts are equivalent to taking £5 billion out of the economy or 1/3% GDP.
Why has The Times got the knives out on DfID?
Following The Times’s coverage of the International Policy Network’s allegations against DfID’s funding of the TUC they once again fuel the aid sceptics’ fire.
Notts council leader ignores Thatcher’s U-turn advice
In 1980, Maragret Thatcher famously told her party conference, “You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning!” Such words would have fallen on deaf ears in Nottinghamshire where the Conservative county council leader, Kay Cutts, has madetest
Cable sets out economic vision, but tax policy could be more “radical”
Vince Cable set out his economic manifesto today. But he conceded that his party’s flagship tax policy was not as radical as other approaches to redistribution.