Giles Fraser: my hopes for the Occupy St Paul's drama that puts me on the stage
When anti-capitalist protesters set up camp on the steps of St Paul’s in London, its canon chancellor found himself at the heart of a crisis that shook the church even more than the City. As a new...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on Labour’s leadership race: words aplenty, arguments...
The candidates have a duty to rethink their party’s failed election platform. But they cannot credibly talk to the future by wishing Britain’s inequality problem awayAspiration, opportunity and...
View ArticlePM must guarantee minimum defence spending, says former RAF head
Sir Michael Graydon says David Cameron must repair damage to UK security and commit to Nato minimum of 2% of GDPDavid Cameron must repair the damage to UK security by guaranteeing a minimum level of...
View ArticleHow clamping down on tax avoidance can unlock billions for development
There is an existing global instrument to help prevent the £2tn annually lost to governments. The UN should focus on making it workTax evasion is a major cause of underdevelopment. Against the backdrop...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on benefit cuts: Cameron’s menu of pain | Editorial
The Tories have until now talked vaguely about unspecified welfare cuts. The missing detail could do more to shake up society than anything in the Queen’s speechThe cellars will be scouted for...
View ArticleEU referendum uncertainty could hit UK investment, consultants warn
Many investors are putting plans in the UK on ice until the referendum on EU membership is out the wayThe government’s plan to hold an EU referendum will dent foreign investment in the UK and threatens...
View ArticleAbbott and Hockey at odds over Labor's economic modelling of budget impacts
The prime minister says the analysis is fraudulent, but the treasurer says it follows the usual practice of ignoring second-round effectsThe prime minister, Tony Abbott, has accused the Labor party of...
View ArticleTory yarns on economy carry grave risks for UK | Letters
George Osborne said in 2010 that he would eliminate the structural deficit by 2015; it now stands at £92bn. His latest yarn (Let the cuts begin, 21 May) is that he will eliminate it by 2017-18. Fat...
View ArticleWomen disproportionately affected by austerity, charities warn
Coalition of charities says Conservatives’ planned cuts to social security, public sector and legal aid risk widening gender inequalityThe UK risks widening gender inequality because of austerity...
View ArticleAndy Burnham to tell business leaders Labour should value spirit of enterprise
Leadership favourite to promise he would improve party’s reputation on the economy and ensure it celebrates contribution of wealth creatorsAndy Burnham, the frontrunner to be the next Labour leader, is...
View ArticleNon-dom status claimed by 800 UK-born taxpayers living in Britain
The controversial tax status – which does not exist in most other jurisdictions – is different from a person’s tax residence, nationality or citizenshipAt least 800 UK-born individuals who are resident...
View ArticleChris Leslie: ‘The temptation for the centre left is to step in and take...
Labour lost the election because it failed to show a grasp of markets and consumers, but the shadow chancellor says he has plans to change all thatOver recent decades, Britain’s politicians have sought...
View ArticleBeware the first budget of a new parliament. Especially this one
Fresh from victory, a new government makes big fiscal changes as early as it can. What that means for Britain this time has already been spelled out all too clearlyThe first budget of a new parliament...
View ArticleFinancial crisis fixes leave policymakers short of ammo for next recession
Central banks would have liked by now to have returned monetary policy to a more normal setting so they have wriggle room when things turn nasty For 75 months it has been the same story. The nine...
View ArticleUK factories struggle to boost output
Manufacturing sector scales back recruitment and investment as strong pound dents export demandWorries about the unbalanced nature of Britain’s economic recovery intensified on Monday after news that...
View ArticleChancellor to set out RBS plan in Mansion House speech
Royal Bank of Scotland is still 79% owned by the taxpayer, in contrast with Lloyds Banking Group, where the government stake has dropped below 19%George Osborne is expected to use his Mansion House...
View ArticleUK financial system needs urgent overhaul, says thinktank
New Economics Foundation calls for banking reforms and warns that strength of Britain’s financial system lags behind majority of G7 peersThe UK’s financial system remains at risk of upheaval despite...
View ArticleMinimum wage increase of 2.5% disappoints unions and employers
The increase of close to $16 a week is less than the union’s demand for $27 but more than the below-inflation rise business groups had urgedAustralia’s lowest paid workers will receive a pay rise of...
View ArticleHow to get the economy working for us | Letters
In his analysis article (The icebergs are outnumbering the lifeboats, 1 June) Larry Elliott rejects the lifeboat of helicopter money (the injection of new publicly created money into the economy) as...
View ArticleOsborne is misleading over cuts needed to balance books, says IFS
Thinktank says though numbers quoted by government not inaccurate, spending squeeze of £1 in every £100 spent ‘seriously underestimates size of challenge’The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned...
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