Labour’s economic rock stars will expose the Tories as a one-hit wonder |...
The Labour leadership is recruiting Mariana Mazzucato and Thomas Piketty to revolutionise thinking about the way the UK economy should workFord is trying a bold new strategy to persuade the car-buying...
View ArticleTories accused of shortchanging public as £26bn privatisation haul revealed
Labour and unions charge George Osborne with ‘selling family silver’ for political reasons after 2015 disposals hit record, according to Press AssociationThe government has been accused of...
View ArticleSelling off the family silver? Cameron and Osborne have gone way beyond that...
Royal Mail, Eurostar, Northern Rock and so much more: this is ideological asset-stripping on a scale Margaret Thatcher could only have dreamed ofSelling off the family silver: that was the accusation...
View ArticleThe economy isn’t working. This could be Labour’s chance | Stewart Wood
Google, crony capitalism and zero-hour contracts are just some of the things fuelling public anger. We need to channel that rage into reformGeorge Osborne did something foolish last weekend. On...
View ArticleUK GDP growth rises 0.5% as annual rate slows to three-year low
Manufacturing and construction sectors falter as Brexit fears, market turmoil, China slowdown and falling oil price prompt cloud economic outlookBritain’s economy picked up pace at the end of 2015 but...
View ArticleGovernment business department shuts largest non-London office
George Osborne’s ‘northern powerhouse’ policy questioned as branch closure in Sheffield casts doubt on chancellor’s pledge to revitalise English cities The Department for Business, Innovation and...
View ArticleLloyds sell-off teaches George Osborne a valuable lesson in timing
The chancellor may blame the markets for cancelled share sale, but a stock like Lloyds is a weathervane for health of UK economyGeorge Osborne has discovered that share prices can go down as well as...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on the Lloyds sale: better never than late | Editorial
The chancellor has sensibly ducked out of a rushed sale of bank shares. But this delay does not change the basic direction of a doctrinaire privatisation programmeStudents of privatisation over the...
View ArticleAre we heading for a crash? | Albert Edwards, Aditya Chakrabortty, Linda...
Economists can’t agree if gyrating financial markets mean we face a global meltdown. We asked leading analysts to debate the question …Continue reading...
View ArticleWas there ever a time when so few people controlled so much wealth? | Eoin...
Two things are clear: radical new ways of getting rich have been invented, and things have probably never been this unequal since before the second world warOxfam’s latest report claims that income...
View ArticleWork also shrinks to fit the time available: and we can prove it
British productivity is still in the doldrums. What if the simple reverse application of Parkinson’s Law could solve it?‘It is a commonplace observation that work expands so as to fill the time...
View ArticleIndustry chiefs weigh up Network Rail privatisation, new minutes show
Labour warns against possible ‘return to dark days of Railtrack’ as meeting minutes show rail industry leaders exploring utility-style sell-offLabour has warned against returning to the “dark days of...
View ArticleThis is the NHS: inspiration, heartbreak and cold, hard cash | Letters
Your This is the NHS series is inspiring and heartbreaking in equal measure, but not yet exploring the crucial questions about what kind of health service the Conservatives are aiming for and how it is...
View ArticleScottish Labour could call the SNP’s bluff on income tax | Owen Jones
Labour’s plans for a 1p income tax hike in Scotland would provide an alternative to austerity and help the party reclaim the torch of social justice from the SNPPolitics is often as much about...
View ArticleDWP being evasive over universal credit delays, MPs claim
Iain Duncan Smith’s department accused of blocking efforts to find out cause of delays to flagship welfare schemeMPs have accused the Department for Work and Pensions of using “evasive” measures to...
View ArticleThe NHS embodies our connection to the state. No wonder the Tories want to...
Demand is increasing for our underfunded NHS. But government waffle about targets and efficiency will not make tax truths disappearOne of my earliest memories is of my mum falling down a big wooden...
View ArticleIncome inequality: trickle down economics is alive and well in Australia |...
Old theories never die, they just get renamed. Scott Morrison’s idea of cutting taxes for the rich won’t spur growth, it will just entrench inequality furtherI grew up in Sydney, a beautiful city...
View ArticleBrexit could slash sterling by 20%, warns Goldman Sachs
US bank predicts decision to leave would interrupt foreign capital inflow and put pressure on current account deficit Analysts at Goldman Sachs are warning that sterling could fall by up to 20% if...
View ArticleSavers open 250,000 help-to-buy Isas in first two months
Three-quarters of savers signing up for scheme intended to help them buy a home are aged 30 and under, Treasury saysHelp-to-buy Isas have been opened at a rate of one every 30 seconds since the...
View ArticleTreasury officials arrive in Scotland to finalise funding deal
Talks to focus on how Holyrood will be funded by UK tax payers after it gains£18bn worth of new tax and welfare powers, and VAT income, in 2017Senior Treasury officials have arrived in Edinburgh in an...
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