Bank of England right to stress test for possibility of China meltdown
Fear that the next financial crisis will come from disruption in emerging markets is uncomfortably plausibleWhat vision of financial catastrophe has the Bank of England invoked this year as it tests...
View ArticleHas David Cameron really created 1,000 jobs a day?
Reality check: the headline figures the PM quotes mask the rise of zero-hours contracts, self-employment, and low payDavid Cameron claims that his government has created 1,000 jobs a day since the...
View ArticleLiving standards key to UK election as data shows slowest recovery since 1920s
Tories welcome figures showing GDP growth revised to 0.6% but Labour says government has been complacent on grounds that people are still worse offLiving standards have been thrust to the centre of the...
View ArticleElection 2015: Tory £5bn tax avoidance figure 'flaky' – live
Keep up with all the latest election news with Andrew Sparrow and the Guardian politics team, as the battle buses roll out across the UKCameron says Labour will pick voters’ pockets with taxesLiving...
View ArticleLabour knows it cannot risk being dragged into war with business
Analysis: while the interests of chief executives and the country may no longer be seen as synonymous, Labour knows it must tread carefully If anyone thinks Labour does not privately care about the...
View ArticleTory business letter: important for what it didn't say
Executives praising Tory economic stewardship in the Telegraph ignore falling productivity, flatlining living standards, stalled investment and a record current account deficitConservative party...
View ArticleUK productivity growth is weakest since second world war, says ONS
As data shows 0.2% drop in output, two-thirds of leading UK economists say coalition austerity has been bad for the economyDavid Cameron has presided over an economy with the weakest productivity...
View ArticleElection 2015: Ashcroft poll says Clegg on course to lose his seat – live
As fresh polling shows Clegg is heading for defeat in Sheffield, follow the latest from the campaign trail with Andrew Sparrow and the Guardian politics teamAshcroft poll: Clegg on course to lose seat...
View ArticleGovernment keen to crow about jobs created – less so productivity
Britain is going backwards in terms of economic effectiveness, a fact David Cameron and George Osborne do not wish to dwell uponThe Government likes talking about the jobs it has created over the past...
View ArticleZero-hours contracts and anti-immigration mugs – Politics Weekly podcast
Zoe Williams, Hugh Muir and Michael White join Tom Clark to discuss the first week of official election campaigning Continue reading...
View ArticleLord Healey: a chancellor who really knows about coalitions and crisis
The last time there was multiparty government, Denis Healey was chancellor. Now, at 97, he still retains the lustre of a grand generation of politiciansWhat with speculation about hung parliaments and...
View ArticleEd Miliband leadership under fire from FTSE chairmen in latest survey
70% of those polled said that the Labour leader would be an economic ‘catastrophe, while 90% thought that David Cameron would be the best prime minister for UK plcThe Labour party’s business...
View ArticleConservatives accused of breathtaking hypocrisy by Danny Alexander
Senior Liberal Democrat makes claim as divisions with former coalition partners during general election campaign deepenDanny Alexander has accused David Cameron and George Osborne of “breathtaking...
View ArticleTax and benefits changes will help 14m households – George Osborne
Chancellor says changes will save working households £17 per month as David Cameron hails ‘Money-back Monday’Chancellor George Osborne will claim that 14m working households are £17 a month better off...
View ArticleLiving in the suburbs could take three years off your life. But it doesn't...
The further you are from your state’s parliament house, the more likely you are to be disadvantaged. But greater local control of policy can change all that Living in south-west Sydney instead of...
View ArticleCan Marxist theory predict the end of Game of Thrones?
The Lannisters’ gold has run out. The bankers are impatient. The sex-and-power feudal system of Westeros is in its dying throes. Surely revolution is inevitable?The elite are in trouble, their sources...
View ArticleAlexis Tsipras flies to Moscow amid speculation of bailout from Putin
Greek prime minister to sign accords with Russia, including gas price discount and possible loans in return for Greek assets, that would alarm EU creditorsThe Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras,...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on scrapping the UK’s non-dom loophole: good riddance |...
In going to war with wealthy tax avoiders, Ed Miliband has picked the right target– and the Tories know itAttacking non-doms is good electoral politics and good policy. For proof of both, just ask...
View ArticleCan the world economy survive without fossil fuels? | Larry Elliott
The past three centuries of progress have been powered by coal, oil and gas. Burning much of what’s left will lead to environmental and economic catastrophe. Here’s how to save the earth without giving...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne accuses Labour of 'tinkering around edges' over non-doms
Chancellor unpicks Ed Miliband’s pledge by saying Labour is not actually abolishing rule that enables super-rich to reduce their UK tax billTories produce video showing Ed Balls backing non-dom status...
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