How to attract billions to fund Africa’s energy sector
The continent needs $288bn of investment in energy to fuel development. What are the obstacles to investment? To radically transform Africa’s energy outlook and reach the goal of universal access to...
View ArticleThe north’s ‘powerhouse’ is Abu Dhabi, not George Osborne | David Conn
As the chancellor opens Manchester City’s shiny new academy with one hand he slashes vital council funds with the otherGeorge Osborne, not the sort of chap traditionally associated with Manchester City...
View ArticleToo big and too scary, but the global fat cats can be chopped down to size |...
We need to break up multinationals and leave tax dodgers nowhere to hideFirst the bad news. Corporate power, in the shape of multinational corporations, has far outstripped the physical and legal...
View ArticleNick Clegg v Harriet Harman at PMQs: Politics Live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Robert Chote, the Office for Budget Responsibility, giving evidence to the Treasury committee about the autumn...
View ArticleBreak the stranglehold of shareholders | Prem Sikka
Those who provide a fraction of company funding make all the key decisions. No wonder so few large corporations serve societyThis truly is the age of the corporate. Corporations affect the quality of...
View ArticleEd Miliband to set out plans for deficit cuts
Labour leader to say he will not match Tory plan, but will reduce spending in most departments year-on-year until current deficit is eliminatedEd Miliband will seek to capture the middle ground on the...
View ArticleEd Miliband makes election pledge to tackle the country’s deficit
Leader says that if Labour wins the election it will cut deficit every year while securing the future of the NHSLabour has taken the symbolic decision to make the first of five election pledges a...
View ArticleEd Miliband's speech on cutting the deficit: Politics Live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Nick Clegg’s Call Clegg phone-in and Ed Miliband’s speech on the economy4.04pm GMT3.46pm GMTAnd my colleague Rafael...
View ArticleCould this speech on spending be Ed Miliband’s midwinter spring? | Martin Kettle
Labour has wasted a long time before asserting its claim to be listened to on economic policy – but this could be a new chapterIn the seasonal half-light of December days like those through which we...
View ArticleHow New Zealand's rich-poor divide killed its egalitarian paradise | Max...
A new report shows New Zealand’s economy has been most affected by inequality out of all the OECD nations. How did the land of the fair go end up in such a state?In the 1940s, New Zealanders hated...
View ArticleWhy modern Britain is crying out for good Tories | John Harris
Ending food banks and poverty wages can’t be done without the help of enlightened voices on the rightOn the way out of Sainsbury’s yesterday, I stopped by the food bank collection box to put in the...
View ArticleBoardroom greed: how to bring an errant multinational to heel | Larry Elliott
Changing the law on limited liability is the nuclear option, but it could force errant firms to repentRoll the clock back 36 years. It is December 1978 and the so-called winter of discontent is in its...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on taming corporate power | Editorial
Transnationals are mighty, but they’re not beyond government reach. If politicians are pressed by the grass roots, democracy could still battle backIn this early 21st century, we are bedevilled by...
View ArticleOil price plunge continues as IEA forecasts weaker demand in 2015
Brent crude close to $62 as agency issues warning of global social instability and potential for financial defaults in producers such as Venezuela and RussiaThe price of oil continued its precipitous...
View ArticleWorld stock markets tumble as FTSE suffers worst weekly fall since 2011
Fears over Chinese economy, plunging oil price and Greece wipe £112bn from top UK equities as 100 index hits 6300.63Global stock markets continued to tumble on Friday, pushing the FTSE 100 to its worst...
View ArticleYes, we can reshape the state – if corporations pay more tax | Will Hutton
Even 10 years ago companies were contributing around £20bn more to the UK exchequer than they are nowIf companies in Britain paid, proportionally, as much tax as they did in the last year of Mrs...
View ArticleThe US Federal Reserve is elegant and light on its feet when it comes to...
The US Federal Reserve is elegant and light on its feet when it comes to setting interest rates, but the European Central Bank can barely keep timeMillions tuned in on Saturday last night as the BBC’s...
View ArticleTheresa May questioned by Commons home affairs committee: Politics Live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Ed Miliband’s immigration speech and David Cameron’s economy speechLunchtime summaryDavid Cameron’s economy speech -...
View ArticleEd Balls: Labour will back coalition charter on tackling deficit
Shadow chancellor says charter is consistent with pledge to eliminate structural deficit but would not be bound by timetableThe shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, said on Monday he would support plans to...
View ArticleThe Tories’ plan for poor people: stop them breeding | Polly Toynbee
Iain Duncan Smith’s call for ‘behavioural change’ revives an old party trope of sneering at the lower ordersThere can rarely have been a better fit for Ebenezer Scrooge than Iain Duncan Smith. He told...
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