Lib Dem conference 2014 - Nick Clegg's morning interviews: Politics live blog
Rolling coverage of all the developments at the Lib Dem conference in Glasgow, including Nick Cleggs morning interviews, Vince Cables speech and Cleggs Q&a with activists8.18am BSTQ: The Tories...
View ArticleLiberal Democrats would raise taxes on the rich, Nick Clegg vows
Party leader says George Osbornes plan to eliminate Britains structural deficit is to target the poor with undisguised relishLive blog: Sundays developments at Lib Dem conferenceThe Liberal Democrats...
View ArticleTime to tax? Prostitution and illegal drugs add £12.27bn to the economy
The Office of National Statistics has added them for the first time to the UKs national accounts and revealed that we spend more on drugs than either alcohol or personal groomingBritons spend more on...
View ArticleVoters trust Cameron-Osborne most with the economy, poll finds
Exclusive: Latest ICM poll shores up Conservative advantage over opposition, but reveals growing mistrust of political leadersThe Conservative party has shored up its advantage on the crucial economic...
View ArticleGeorge Osbornes family business fails to capitalise on housing boom
Osborne & Little furnishing firm, run by the chancellors father, reports flat full-year sales in the UK despite economic revivalOsborne & Little, the upmarket furnishing and wallpaper company...
View ArticleIMF goes back to the future with gloomy talk of secular stagnation
The IMF has slashed its forecast for global economic growth. Have memories of the recent past skewed its outlook? Growth may never return to pre-crisis levels, says IMFYoull never have it so good...
View ArticleOur bullying corporations are the new enemy within | George Monbiot
The demands of business dominate our politicians and embed inequality. Its a full-blown assault on democracyThe more power you possess, the more insecure you feel. The paranoia of power drives people...
View ArticleThey have chosen ignorance open letter
The national policymakers of an increasing number of Member States, along with European leaders, have completely lost touch with the reality of research, say a concerned group of European...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne: eurozone risks slipping back into crisis
Chancellor says slowdown is affecting UK manufacturing and exports but economy is better placed to weather stormGeorge Osborne has said the eurozone risks slipping back into a crisis with negative...
View ArticleCriticism of Germanys economic policy is going to intensify
With a sharp slowdown and business leaders becoming restless, how will the German government respond to looming recession?Germanys run of poor economic figures appears to show Europes most powerful...
View ArticleLabour must expose the fallacy of George Osbornes recovery | Robert Skidelsky
Osbornism is a failure. Labour will pay the electoral price if it doesnt counter the coalition cuts narrativeWhere has the conference silly season left the debate on economic policy? George Osborne...
View ArticleFroth goes, but Royal Mail sale was flawed
Apple may be undervalued but if theres spare cash and there is best method is special dividend and let shareholders decideA year after privatisation at 330p, Royal Mail shares stand at 402p. Thats an...
View ArticleHousebuilding falls for first time in 18 months, ONS says
Augusts 3.9% slump in output will disappoint George Osborne, who has repeatedly championed infrastructure growthA sharp fall in new housebuilding in August reversed a long period of expansion in the...
View ArticleSix years after Lehmans crash, US and UK play out next financial crisis
War game designed to test readiness of central banks as exercise will stress-test new global regulationsThe top financial brass from the Treasuries and central banks of Britain and the US are to take...
View ArticleFinancial storm clouds cast a deep shadow over IMF summit
Markets are diving, Germany and the eurozone are weak and there is alarm over Ebola and a potential banking bubble, so the themes were sombre when the IMF and World Bank met in Washington last weekSix...
View ArticleThe economy could topple again unless we keep up the great rebalancing act
Its not all the eurozones fault, whatever Osborne says. Growth means exports, which means manufacturing, which means a new attitude to the makers whose march has never really got goingHere we go again....
View ArticleBritish duo in running for Nobel prize for economics
Sir Anthony Atkinson of Nuffield College and Princeton-based Angus Deaton are contenders for their work on inequality and wellbeingThe Nobel prize for economics will be awarded tomorrow and there are...
View ArticleCut corporate privileges to salvage our democracy | @guardianletters
The influence and control enjoyed by corporations over the body politic (Our bullying corporations are the new enemy within, 8 October) is an inevitable consequence of the 1844 Joint Stock Companies...
View ArticleWhat monkeys and the Queen taught me about inequality
We humans have an inherent sense of fairness. Deep down, we dont like inequality. In a second extract from his new book, Russell Brand goes in search of ways to build a more just world Russell Brand...
View ArticleUK government to sell Eurostar stake before general election
Osborne says he is looking for bids by end of month and hopes sale of 40% stake in Channel tunnel train firm raises £300mGeorge Osborne is to announce on Monday that the government is selling its 40%...
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