Current account deficit crisis creeping up on UK can no longer be ignored
A weaker pound could help, but a change of mindset is required to rebalance Britain's post-recession economyForget Harold Wilson and the jumbo jets that allegedly cost Labour the 1970 election. Forget...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne hails reforms as key to economic recovery
Chancellor lauds creation of more than 1.3m posts as tax and welfare changes 'encourage jobs growth' across BritainGeorge Osborne will claim on Monday that the changes to the UK's taxes and welfare...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne: tax changes will create jobs video
Chancellor George Osborne says his budget tax changes put job creation at the centre of the government's economic policy. Speaking to workers at Tilbury Port in Essex, he says low corporation tax,...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne sets "full employment" as a goal: Politics live blog
Osborne sets "full employment" as a goal Lunchtime summary Afternoon summary4.14pm BST Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, has rejected criticism of his praise of Vladimir Putin, saying the Russian...
View ArticleGreek economic reform vote paves way for bailout money
Greek deputies vote for economic reform packageTaxpayer support means banks still 'too big to fail'- IMFEurozone inflation falls to 0.5% in MarchYellen says stimulus measures will be needed for some...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne makes commitment 'to fight for full employment' in Britain
Chancellor repudiates 1991 declaration by Norman Lamont that unemployment was a price worth paying to bring down inflationGeorge Osborne has tried to bury one of the most toxic Tory legacies from the...
View ArticleRoyal Mail: undervaluing shares cost taxpayer £750m in one day
MPs accuse Vince Cable of ignoring City warnings that maximum share price of 330p left Royal Mail undervaluedThe government's desperation to sell Royal Mail cost taxpayers £750m in a single day, the...
View ArticleRoyal Mail sell-off was value for money, says Vince Cable video
Business secretary Vince Cable says the Royal Mail sell-off was value for money. He defends the coalition government's handling of the privatisation after a National Audit Office report criticised it...
View ArticleWhat does full employment mean?
Chancellor George Osborne is promising to restore Britain to 'full employment' but does that mean zero unemployment? Defining the term is a job in itselfAll things, we know, are relative, and none more...
View ArticleUK's economic signposts point to a cooling in pace of expansion
Monthly manufacturing snapshot and productivity data point to potential headache for Bank of EnglandThree pieces of evidence emerged about the UK economy on Tuesday. Exhibit one was the monthly...
View ArticleThere was only one loser in this Royal Mail privatisation: the taxpayer
The Treasury was badly advised on the sale, relying on firms accused of unethical practices and corporate greedThatcher would have screamed, "What! Flogging off her majesty's mail, cheap and to a bunch...
View ArticleEd Miliband challenges David Cameron over Royal Mail 'fiasco' PMQs video
At the weekly prime minister's questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Labour leader Ed Miliband challenges David Cameron to defend the sale of Royal Mail after a National Audit Office report...
View ArticleVince Cable under pressure to name Royal Mail 'priority investors'
Chuka Umunna writes to business secretary demanding names of 16 investors, six of whom sold all shares weeks after flotationVince Cable is under intense pressure to name the "priority investors" that...
View ArticleNew Zealand ranked first in the world for social and environmental progress
Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands also scored well in Social Progress Index, which takes focus off economic output New Zealand has come first in a global index that ranks countries by social and...
View ArticleDavid Cameron, retract your claim about Labour privatising Royal Mail | Ian...
And while we're at it, Vince Cable can come clean about these 16 'priority investors' who sold their shares so quicklyDespite his best efforts, David Cameron couldn't bluster his way through the...
View ArticleMaria Miller apologises to MPs over her response to expenses inquiry:...
Maria Miller ordered to apologise to Commons over her response to expenses probe Lunchtime summary Afternoon summary3.39pm BST Ed Miliband has said that Nigel Farage should be excluded from the...
View ArticlePMIs give just a hint that economic growth may be slowing down
The economy is far from stalling, but Britain's purchasing managers suggest that progress may now be moderatingThe markets pay great attention to the snapshots of manufacturing, construction and...
View ArticleThe left needs a deft touch in tackling the financial sector's dominance |...
The left must reshape the UK economy after 30 years of misguidance but not at the expense of living standardsThe left in Britain today is in an unfortunate position: it has a rather large problem that...
View ArticleBritain's manufacturing workforce may soon be gone altogether, with little to...
Britain tends to measure out its modern history in wars and their last survivors, from the Somme to D-day. But its now dwindling band of industrial and manufacturing workers will likely remain...
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