The North is suffering – how do we release the potential of the Northern economy?
Dalton Philips, the boss of supermarket chain Morrisons, has said that the double dip recession has hit the…
Growth
Spot the difference: How safe is the UK economy?
Last year Osborne said: “we’re providing stability in Britain and we’re a safe haven in the storm” Yet…
10 down – could Cameron’s Tories become number 11?
Yesterday David Cameron made a speech in Manchester on the Eurozone crisis. He argued that it’s time to…
The Osborne Effect – This time it’s zero
As growth was revised down today, that now means that there has been zero percent (o.o%) growth since…
Labour’s budget response was a missed opportunity
The Party leadership is in danger of sleepwalking into a huge political trap – not set by the…
Quote of the day: Where’s the growth?
Engineering Employers Federation chief executive Terry Scuoler on the Today Programme: “If we look at just the focus…
Labour’s strategy may be about to be tested to breaking point
They are so fragile and young, we can’t even call them green shoots. The recent indications of some…
Britain’s place in the global economy
The pressure Britain is facing from a transforming global economy brings many tough challenges but also clear opportunities.…
Even Tory MPs think economy will get worse
George Osborne thinks that the economy will pick up in 2012. However a poll of his backbenchers (published…
The Osborne Effect: Growth halved in just 12 months
Today the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) released a report suggesting that George Osborne has…
