Unemployment – vital statistics
– Unemployment rate – 8.3% (highest since 1996) In the North East the unemployment rate is a staggering…
Economy
The Economy – Is Labour finally getting its act together?
It’s been a long time coming, but finally Labour – and the progressive left more broadly – are…
Balls vs Brillo on the economy
VAT, Tories and dangerous complacency
The Cut VAT Campaign calls for a permanent cut on VAT to 5% on all home repair, maintenance and improvement…
Osborne Effect: Keeping up with the Joneses?
GDP Growth over the past 12 months: Figures can be found here – incidentally, the more countries you…
Good growth
Those on the left have long presumed that there was more to life than the simple maximisation of…
Plan B unveiled – Time to back Miliband
At last the Tory-led coalition have accepted the merits of Keynesian economics, and have begun to draw up…
A defining moment is approaching – is Cameron up to it?
Points of inflection in politics follow points of economic inflection very closely. 2008 was one as was 1992…
Labour can’t afford to look smug
The Labour Party is looking a bit smug at the moment, and that’s incredibly dangerous. The one thing…
The Tories must choose between the cuts and the deficit
The government aims to largely eliminate the deficit by the end of the parliamentary term. Most (although not…
