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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 New Tory MP for Norwich North has started as she means to go on. In an article for ConservativeHome, she says: "There's only one way out of this debt crisis, and that's cuts in public spending." That's not the…
By Peter Barnard During the Second World War, Lord Beveridge produced his famous report which, I hope, will be recorded for all time in the history of this green and pleasant land of ours. Lord Beveridge identified 'five giants' that needed…
By Rachel Reeves This article was first published by Progress. Yesterday's unemployment figures show that 2.4 million people are now unemployed. So, although bank profits may be recovering, the labour market continues to deteriorate…
By Rachel Reeves This article was first published by Progress. Yesterday's unemployment figures show that 2.4 million people are now unemployed. So, although bank profits may be recovering, the labour market continues to deteriorate…
The Chris Cook Economics 3.0 column The new Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Adam Posen had his job interview at the Treasury Select Committee today. Posen said policy-makers would face tough decisions in the coming months…
By Jessica Asato / @Jessica_Asato Hard choices, difficult decisions. You know when a politician has some bad news for the public if they use any combination of those words, and they were being scattered everywhere in Andy Burnham's…
By Rachel Reeves Charlie Bean, Deputy Governor at the Bank of England was in Leeds at lunchtime today talking about the impact of quantitative easing. Not everyone's idea of a lunch-break, I expect, but I was very impressed. It's now just…
By Rachel Reeves Charlie Bean, Deputy Governor at the Bank of England was in Leeds at lunchtime today talking about the impact of quantitative easing. Not everyone's idea of a lunch-break, I expect, but I was very impressed. It's now just…
The Duncan Weldon Economics Matters column The 'Politics of Envy' is a phrase much used by the right. Whenever the left suggest raising taxes on top earners this is what we hear. Any attempt at a rational debate on the issues, any attempt…
From @LabourList Ken Livingstone called for radical economic alternatives to address the recession at yesterday's Progressive London Global Economic Crisis conference. The former Mayor of London believes the consequences of the economic…
By Brian Barder Labour party members recently received a circular message purporting to come from Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, although - to be charitable - it seems unlikely that Mr Balls had ever…
By Donald Hirsch What does someone need as a minimum to live on at an acceptable level in Britain today? A year ago when the Joseph Rowntree Foundation first published an answer to this question, it was still largely in the context of how…
