recession
Economic update, December 2011 – UK teeters on brink of recession
IPPR’s senior economist Tony Dolphin looks at the key economic indicators and reviews the state of the economy in his latest economic update for Left Foot Forward.
The perversity of Dan Hannan and the “there are no cuts” brigade
Daniel Hannan and that 'there are no public sector cuts' brigade are being perverse. By their framing, we could end up much poorer & they could declare victory.
Osborne proved the doommongers wrong – the economy is even worse than we predicted
The economy has done even worse than Osborne's critics on the left feared - and now we all have to pay the price.
Whatever Osborne’s growth forecasts today, the reality is probably worse
Today's growth and borrowing forecasts are likely to be grim - they are just as likely to be over optimistic.
Devolved nations call for Osborne to boost growth
In anticipation for George Osborne's autumn statement, Scotland calls for stimulus, Wales gets on with it.
UK growth – bottom of the table, wallowing with the PIGS
UK Growth is miserable and about to dive into recession according to the OECD. However, the government can't blame it all on external factors - we're doing worse than most OECD countries.