spending
Balls repeats his conference message – but the circumstances have changed
Cormac Hollingsworth reports on shadow chancellor Ed Balls’s op ed in today’s Times.
How Osborne’s locked in to making the bad times worse
If the government misses its targets for growth and spending, it will be forced to cut further - making the bad times worse. Oh Goodee!
What role do we want VAT to pay in our tax system?
James Plunkett, secretary to the Resolution Foundation's Commission on Living Standards, writes of the need for a debate on the role of VAT in the tax system.
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".
Obama/Cameron love-in comes unstuck over cuts
The splits between President Obama and David Cameron over the scale of their respective deficit reduction plans were exposed at the joint press conference today.
Defence procurement – a corporatist con trick?
Douglas Carswell introduces his regular monthly column for Left Foot Forward on defence procurement, tackling both the symptoms of a dysfunctional system and its causes.