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 What are Labour MPs reading, watching and listening to this Christmas? As parliament winds down for Christmas, Labour MPs can look back over a triumphant year that saw the… James Moules 22nd December, 2024, 8:00 am Comment ‘Musk’s possible Reform donation shows we urgently need…reform of donations’ You can buy a lot with $100 million dollars: extravagant luxuries like private jets, luxury yachts, or even… Jon Narcross 21st December, 2024, 8:00 am News Full list of new Labour peers set to join House of Lords Labour leader Keir Starmer is set to appoint dozens of new peers to the House of Lords, with… Daniel Green & Tom Belger 20th December, 2024, 2:48 pm
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