We are in danger of playing into Tory hands on growth
Since 2008 the Conservative Party has used the cover of the deficit to attack state provision of services.…
Economy
Even Cameron knows that the Eds are right now
Today’s PMQs was a poor Punch & Judy show but an excellent window into the strategic debate that…
Labour vindicated on the economy? Not so fast…
On Monday Alastair Campbell ran a positive blog piece which points out that a billion pounds worth of…
How are these the same, George?
At Treasury questions, George Osborne claimed that the UK economy is growing at the same rate as the…
The paradox of thrift
Britain is stuck in a paradox of thrift. We – members of the public, the companies we work…
Balls responds to GDP growth figures
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has responded to today’s GDP figures, saying that they prove the recovery was “choked…
The Osborne effect – one year in
We’ve now got a full year of growth data to look over since the spending review, so we…
Miliband: UK economy faces perfect storm
The government mustn’t fail this crucial test of international leadership
As next week’s G20 meeting in Cannes grows near, the prospects for a new “Robin Hood” or financial…
Taking the pressure off
It was in George Osborne’s 2009 Party Conference speech that we first heard his sound bite “we’re all…
