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Ed Miliband's pitch is radical – but his party is stuck in 1997 | Polly Toynbee
With growth returning, only a frontal assault can turn people against the inept nastiness of George Osborne's economicsEd Miliband launches Labour's new year offensive today by laying into the big four...
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East Coast rail franchise bidder shortlist revealed by government
FirstGroup, Keolis/Eurostar and Stagecoach/Virgin named in bids for controversial reprivatisation of publicly run mainlineThe government has published a shortlist of three bidders under plans to...
View ArticleWill Ed Miliband's banking plans work? | Poll
Miliband wants banks to work for the 'real economy' and be 'servants of the people'. Do you think his proposals – for a cap in market share, and so-called challenger banks – will bring this about?
View ArticleUK banks: how powerful are they?
The leader of the labour party has set out how the party would remedy the concentration of power in the UK's banking sector - but just how big a problem is it? Read the latest from the LiveblogMona...
View ArticleEd Miliband promises 'reckoning' with big UK banks
Andrew Sparrow and Paul Owen's rolling coverage of Ed Miliband's speech on the economy and breaking up banks, and reaction to itAndrew SparrowPaul Owen
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Ed Miliband digs deep to sell 'new economy'
The Labour leader has mastered the art of making a speech without notes, but is much happier when speaking for himselfIf you listened very closely on Thursday evening, around about the time David...
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Labour: Ed the regulator | Editorial
From payday lending to energy bills, the Labour leader is finally getting specific on the architecture of a fairer capitalismHe spoke without notes, and yet stuck precisely to the script. Ed Miliband...
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Economy 'safe in Cameron and Osborne's hands'
Blow for Labour as a new poll shows one in three now believe the Tory leadership is the best option for the country's fortunesDavid Cameron and George Osborne are increasingly regarded by the public as...
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The EU: should Britain be in or out?
Six influential voices from business and politics assess the Eurosceptic mood and say whether the UK should quit or notThe business leader – John Cridland'The UK is best served inside a reformed EU'The...
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Chris Riddell's take on the Channel 4 Benefits Street rowChris Riddell
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Davos faces up to weak growth and rising inequality
The 2014 World Economic Forum will also probably be talking about threat of internet meltdown, the situation in the Middle East – and the ongoing dearth of women delegatesMore than 2,500 of...
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A chancellor who raises the minimum wage can lower it too
The Low Pay Commission is supposed to advise the government on the minimum wage, but George Osborne seems to be taking over the job. This may not necessarily be a good thingGeorge Osborne's call for a...
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Britain is scared to face the real issue – it's all about inequality | Will...
The growing gap between rich and poor precipitated the last crash. Ominously, the same forces are abroad againIt's inequality, stupid. It's inequality that is behind poverty, ill-health and the growth...
View ArticleAre we all capitalists now? | Poll
Labour's business spokesman, Chuka Umunna, said this week: 'The big difference between 1979 and 2013 is that we are all capitalists now.' Is he right?
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How to rescue the UK's middle classes | David Boyle
Sidelined by the mega-rich, the middle classes really are under severe threat. To survive, they will have to carve a new niche for themselvesOne reason the middle-class debate is so fraught in the UK...
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Our housing is in crisis – we need both brownfield and greenfield sites |...
The tougher the planning controls, the higher the house prices. We must ease restrictions in our cities and in the countrysideEd Miliband name-checked the issue in his big economic speech on Friday,...
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France's Hollande is completely out of touch with modern economics | Dean Baker
There's no economic reason for France to cut social spending at a point when its economy has enormous excess capacityFrench President François Hollande startled many of his supporters last week, along...
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IMF set to upgrade UK growth forecasts as global economy expands
Forecast growth of 1.9% this year expected to be raised to 2.4% with IMF chief Christine Lagarde declaring 'optimism is in the air'The International Monetary Fund is widely expected to raise its...
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Justice secretary puts back probation service privatisation deadline
Chris Grayling delays deadline for ending government contracts with public sector probation trusts on advice of senior officialsThe justice secretary, Chris Grayling, has announced a two-month delay in...
View ArticleCoalition should look beyond welfare cutbacks to balance the budget
The cost of solving Australia’s fiscal problems must be born by the entire community, including those at the topKatharine Murphy
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