The unending economic crisis makes us feel powerless and paranoid | Paul Mason
The sense that there is no way out is destroying our confidence in dealing with riskSix years into the economic crisis we can still get days as with last weeks market correction where the froth blows...
View ArticleHung parliament following the 2015 general election would hurt economy
Item Club warns growth and business investment may be squeezed as businesses are nervous over political uncertaintyBritains economy could suffer a huge uncertainty shock if next years general election...
View ArticleRoyal Mail to recruit 19,000 people to help with Christmas rush
Newly privatised postal operator will offer the temporary roles between November and JanuaryRoyal Mail is recruiting 19,000 people to help out with bulging post bags over Christmas.The privatised...
View ArticleDavid Cameron vows to create 3m apprenticeships
Cut to welfare cap and removal of housing benefit from 18- to 21-year-olds on jobseekers allowance will pay for new schemeDavid Cameron will pledge on Monday to end youth unemployment in the next...
View ArticleEd Balls seeks to reassure London homeowners over mansion tax plans
Shadow chancellor says £2m threshold could be raised if house prices continue going up and says less wealthy can delay payingEd Balls, the shadow chancellor, has tried to reassure London homeowners...
View ArticleSir John Hoskyns obituary
Businessman who became the influential head of Margaret Thatchers Downing Street policy unitFew successful businessmen have made a mark at the heart of British politics. Skills that work in business...
View ArticleGovernment borrowing 10% higher than last year
Government spending pushed borrowing last month to £11.8bn, £1.6bn higher than September 2013 and £1bn higher than City forecastsThe state of Britains finances deteriorated unexpectedly in September,...
View ArticleGovernment borrowing: self-employed cant ride to Osbornes rescue
A bigger economy was supposed to mean profitable firms paying more tax. And more employment was supposed to push up income tax receipts, writes Phillip InmanLooking at the economy, you could say George...
View ArticleTyne and Wear deregulation U-turn angers bus firms
Stagecoach threatens legal action as chairman says he would rather drink poison than accept quality contract schemeTyne and Wear has voted to press ahead with reforms that will mean bus services...
View ArticleBreaking the spell of the Tories fairytale economics | @guardianletters
Ha-Joon Chang powerfully argues the case that it was an economic fairytale which led Britain to stagnation (Opinion, 20 October). It may be added that our universities bear a heavy responsibility for...
View ArticleDevo max and giving power to cities will boost UK productivity thinktank
Devolving tax and immigration decisions to metropolitan areas and fuller powers for Scotland could lift economy by 5%Allowing cities to set their own tax, immigration and planning policies alongside...
View ArticleBank of England committee voted 7-2 to keep interest rates steady
Premature tightening in monetary policy could leave the UK vulnerable to shocks, say majority of MPC members in OctoberBank of England policymakers remained split over whether to raise interest rates...
View ArticleMarbles at noon, ya boo sucks, and other assurances of cogent governance
Huffs, puffs and bickering transform Prime Ministers Questions into something like a drawn-out election campaignThere was only the faintest of thuds as a small bag of marbles hit the bullet-proof...
View ArticleSimon Stevens: new NHS chief executive with a private past
Prior to taking on one of the toughest jobs in public life, Stevens was a hospital porter who rose to become a key player in the direction of the NHS under Tony Blairs governmentSimon Stevenss 26-year...
View ArticleLow pay is breaking Britains public finances: the evidence cant be denied |...
Permanent low pay threatens to overtake us, with the Treasury, hit by lower tax receipts, facing an ever-rising benefits billHow much more evidence do we need? Saturdays Britain Needs a Pay Rise rally...
View ArticleCBI warns export demand is slowing in latest sign of faltering UK recovery
Business group gloomy as sluggish eurozone and strong pound drag down UK exported goods to lowest figure for 18 monthsFalling demand for British goods abroad weighed on manufacturers in October, in the...
View ArticleThe forelock-tuggings gone, but most of us still depend on servants | Gaby...
Its a deconstructed Downton from takeway lattes to Amazon were acting like toffs from a bygone ageOnce upon a time, Princess Olga Romanoff explained wistfully, if her mother needed a boy for menial...
View ArticleThe UK economy: six key charts
Britains economy is accelerating faster than its G7 peers but recovery slowed in the third quarter of the year, with growth of 0.7% compared with 0.9% in the second quarter. Here are six graphs showing...
View ArticleGeorge Osbornes choice of words are sounding the alarm bells
The chancellor fears the chaos of a different economic path yet with tax receipts withering his scope for pre-election giveaways is narrowing fastGeorge Osborne is clearly worried. Going into a...
View ArticleDavid Cameron: 'We are not going to write a cheque for two billion euros,...
David Cameron calls the European Union's demand for £1.7bn from Britain unacceptable. Speaking at a press conference at the end of a two-day European Council meeting, he called the sudden request 'an...
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