6th October, 2011, 1:50 pm Spot the difference – The last resort of desperate governments? Mark Ferguson Share this article: January 2009: “Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.” – George Osborne October 2011: The Bank of England has said it will inject a further £75bn into the economy through quantitative easing Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList News John Prescott: Updates on latest tributes as PM and Blair praise ‘true Labour giant’ Tributes are flowing in to the former Labour Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who has died at the… Tom Belger, Daniel Green & James Moules 21st November, 2024, 12:45 pm News West of England mayoral election: Helen Godwin selected as Labour candidate Helen Godwin has been selected as Labour’s candidate for next year’s West of England mayoral election. Godwin will… Daniel Green 21st November, 2024, 12:05 pm Comment John Prescott obituary by his former adviser: ‘John’s story is Labour’s story’ The story of John Prescott is the story of the Labour movement of the last half century. He… Mike Craven 21st November, 2024, 10:46 am
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