MPs hold inquiry into Royal Mail delivery obligations
Business select committee inquiry follows claims service will not deliver to every UK address six days a week in face of competition that can cherry-pick routesMPs have launched an inquiry into claims...
View ArticleBank of England says interest rates rise hinges on pay
New deputy governor Minouche Shafik vows Bank will hike rates if wages increase without productivity riseThe Bank of England will move quickly to raise interest rates if pay rises take off but...
View Article8 institutional innovations that could update the economic system
Otto Sharmer suggests eight ways of shifting outdated capitalism into a 21st century economy that creates wellbeing for allWe live in an age of profound disruption. Global crises financial, food, fuel,...
View ArticleLabour's lead over Conservatives falls after Miliband's conference speech
Lead drops to only two points after Labour leader forgot to mention deficit and fails to gain economic credibility, poll findsLabour's lead has fallen sharply to only two points following Ed Miliband's...
View ArticleEd Miliband's plan for mansion tax draws fire from top Labour MPs
Tessa Jowell and other London MPs fear levy on properties worth more than £2m would drive 'asset rich but cash poor' from their homesEd Miliband is facing resistance from senior Labour MPs in London...
View ArticleIs it right to cut the benefit cap?
As their party conference starts, the Conservatives have said that the £26,000 annual benefits cap per family, introduced two years ago, will be cut to £23,000. The Tories claim the money saved will...
View ArticleNeoliberalism has brought out the worst in us | Paul Verhaeghe
An economic system that rewards psychopathic personality traits has changed our ethics and our personalitiesWe tend to perceive our identities as stable and largely separate from outside forces. But...
View ArticleWho benefits from abolition of 55% tax on pensions?
Patrick Collinson analyses the detail behind George Osbornes plan to cull tax that hits pensioners who want to pass on savingsThe chancellor, George Osborne, is to tell the Conservative party...
View ArticleTory conference 2014 - Osborne announces 2-year benefit freeze as it happened
Tory MP asks Met police to investigate Sunday Mirror stingOsbornes morning interviews - SummaryOsborne announces plan to save £3bn by freezing working-age benefitsOsborne anounces plans for Google...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on George Osbornes conference speech | Editorial
The chancellor brims with confidence. But with the country in disgruntled mood, he would be unwise to assume the voters will reward him for more of the sameIf youve enjoyed George Osbornes first term...
View ArticleWhat the Tories dont say about the deficit | @guardianletters
The Tories have enjoyed attacking Ed Miliband over his failure to mention the deficit in his conference speech (Report, 25 September), but more importantly they fail to mention what is happening to the...
View ArticleGeorge Osbornes speech promised a future just as bleak as the past
With no war chest to raid before next years general election the chancellor could promise little but more austerityMore spending cuts. A freeze on welfare benefits. A message to Google and Amazon to...
View ArticleFall in UK living standards deeper than thought, TUC says
Union attacks nature of UK economic recovery which revises up pace of growth but revises down household incomesThe UKs fall in living standards has been worse than previously thought, the TUC claimed,...
View ArticleDismal truths about UK economic policy | @guardianletters
Michael Meachers letter (30 September) spells out what is wrong with our economic policies and why they cannot work. Why are politicians of all parties resistant to facts preferring their belief in the...
View ArticleUK manufacturing grows at slowest rate since April 2013
PMI figures signal strong run of growth has stalled amid uncertainty over Scottish referendum, flagging eurozone and slowing domestic demandBritains factories suffered the worst month in almost a year...
View ArticleThe Shifts and the Shocks by Martin Wolf review what we've learned from the...
This clear-sighted study of the financial crisis raises the question of how to change a corrupted political systemMartin Wolf's new volume on the causes and consequences of the world financial crisis...
View ArticleCameron and Miliband under pressure on parties tax and spending plans
Tory chairman struggles to explain £7.2bn tax-cut pledge while Glenda Jackson calls Labours mansion tax proposal disastrousDavid Cameron and Ed Miliband were both under pressure on Thursday over their...
View ArticleWonga is a symptom of austerity Britain | Alex Andreou
Austerity policies have made people desperate for loans they cant get from banks: this is the bigger issue than payday lendingWonga writes off debts for 330,000 customersOn Thursday, the chairman of...
View ArticleDavid Cameron: tax cuts could be made soon after election
Prime minister says tax could be cut before deficit is wiped out, and even as soon as first budgetDavid Cameron has held out the prospect that the tax cuts he announced at his partys conference earlier...
View ArticleThe Conservatives' real deficit problem is a lack of shame
Far from being the cause of crisis, the budget deficit was part of the solution in 2010. Now it serves to provide political coverCabinet ministers evoke a wide variety of judgments, but I cannot recall...
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