I’ve seen the secrets of TTIP, and it is built for corporations not citizens...
As an MEP I’m party to the transatlantic trade deal’s inner workings. I’m sworn to secrecy, but this much I can say: TTIP is undemocraticIt appears that, even though I am past 50, my opportunities to...
View ArticleLabour will have to move to the left – or lose the election | Seumas Milne
Ed Miliband must stand up to his corporate tormentors if he’s to win back support from the SNP and GreensThe way the corporate barons are carrying on, you’d think Ed Miliband was planning to do...
View ArticleJeb Bush lashes out at 'liberal mindset' in presidential appeal to middle class
Bush lays out ‘plan of action’ that distances himself from family legacy and points to education record in Florida as proof he can help to ‘close the opportunity gap’In a leap from the blocks at the...
View ArticleLib Dems would end austerity in three years, says Nick Clegg
Deputy PM says Liberal Democrats would cut £38bn less than Tories and borrow £70bn less than Labour in next parliamentNick Clegg has promised voters light at the end of the tunnel in three years,...
View ArticleLabour’s Lord Noon criticises Miliband and Balls for embarrassing gaffes
Party donor Gulam Noon says leadership’s memory lapses and mansion tax proposals create inaccurate impression that Labour is anti-businessOne of Labour’s most prominent donors has described the memory...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne needlessly shrank 5% off GDP with 2010 cuts, says thinktank
Respected NIESR blames delay in economic recovery on unnecessarily aggressive cuts in 2010 which cost UK almost £1,500 per personGeorge Osborne “took a large risk with the economy” when he imposed deep...
View ArticleUK trade deficit widens to four-year high
Gap between UK exports and imports of nearly £35bn is much worse than forecast, dealing blow to coalition drive to rebalance economyBritain’s trade deficit last year was the widest since the coalition...
View ArticleEd Miliband: I won’t back down on tax avoidance
Exclusive: Leader says Labour government would put UK tax havens on blacklist unless they end their system of secrecyEd Miliband has said he will demand that Bermuda and other UK tax havens be put on...
View ArticleLabour’s mansion tax and 50p tax rate: for a fairer society or just...
Small firms welcome its policies, at FTSE 100 level there is more scepticism – but Ed Miliband’s team believes it does them no harm to hit back when attackedWhen Labour’s business team are out with the...
View ArticleCompetition watchdog raises concerns over East Coast rail reprivatisation
Government plans to return key London to Scotland rail route to private sector hit snag due to Stagecoach’s existing servicesThe government’s plans to return a key London to Scotland rail route to the...
View ArticleDavid Cameron and the art of distraction
Chris Riddell on the prime minister’s eagerness to seize on Labour’s problemsContinue reading...
View ArticleIf Ed Balls needs a businessman’s support, I’m in
As a financial entrepreneur, I find attacks on Labour’s business policy extraordinary. How can it be anti-business to get rid of tax loopholes, or to stay in the EU?It seems businessmen like me are...
View ArticleLabour is aggressively pro-business, says Tristram Hunt
Shadow education secretary responds to attacks on party as David Cameron says Labour has ‘sneering hatred of business’A Labour frontbencher has said the party is “aggressively pro-business”, as the...
View ArticleKing’s Fund dodges NHS privatisation | Letters
The King’s Fund’s pronouncement on the “damaging” Tory NHS reforms (Report, 6 February) is illuminating in laying bare the waste reaped by the biggest top-down restructuring in the NHS’s history, but...
View ArticleGermany v Greece is a fight to the death, a cultural and economic clash of...
Berlin’s attitude to Syriza looks condescending, the Greek popular mood is verging on a national revolt – and there is little sign of either side backing downLast week, after the European Central Bank...
View ArticleOECD: changes must cut inequality, not just boost economic growth
At the opening of the G20 meeting, the thinktank says politicians must prioritise policies that share the gains of stronger growthPoliticians must focus on policies to ensure that stronger economic...
View ArticleDavid Cameron holds talks over Greek debt risks to UK economy
Downing Street stresses overwhelming majority of Greek debt is held by eurozone institutions, not by BritainDavid Cameron has met senior officials from Whitehall and the Bank of England to discuss the...
View ArticleGrexit: what are the risks to the UK?
David Cameron’s meeting with Treasury and Bank of England officials was a smart move as ghosts of the 2012 eurozone crisis rattle confidenceGreece’s new finance minister, for one, cannot see what all...
View ArticleOil price fall will boost Britain's economic growth, says thinktank
NIESR revises GDP forecast up to 2.9% for this year but says eurozone weakness will hinder growth and UK’s poor productivity is most significant domestic risk The sharp fall in oil prices will boost...
View ArticleLabour will ‘demonise’ you, Cameron warns UK business
PM parodies Kinnock warning at British Chambers of Commerce, saying business should fear Labour’s attitude to private sectorDavid Cameron has warned UK business that if the Labour party was elected,...
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