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Letters: Double whammy for the coalition as recession returns
With the UK economy slipping into a double-dip recession (UK back in recession, 26 April), it's clear that austerity is killing the UK economy. Over the last year the UK economy has effectively...
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Time for a double-take on the double-dip recession
On the day your front page announced that the UK is back into recession (Just like 1975, 26 April), on page 17 you covered a report from the Royal Society which says high consumption in rich countries...
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Ed Balls: 'Lost decade' for economy looms if George Osborne fails to act
Shadow chancellor warns of Japanese-style stagnation without plan for jobs and growthThe British economy risks being plunged into a lost decade of Japanese-style stagnation unless the government...
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Posh boys stood on the burning deck when all but they had fled | Andrew Rawnsley
The government is being most undone by a combination of arrogance and inexperience at the highest levelsIt is not your opponents you most have to fear in politics, it is your colleagues. The...
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'This is a marathon, not a sprint', says shadow chancellor Ed Balls
Ed Balls says the economic argument has now swung his way after two years when few were listening to himEd Balls is clutching a mug of tea and looking distinctly pleased with himself. For several days...
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Chancellor, this new recession isn't Labour's mess – it's yours
The crisis now threatening the British economy is a chronic and widespread lack of growth. The blame for that lies firmly at the door of the party of austerityGeorge Osborne and David Cameron made...
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It's time zombie economics was given less respect
The 'do nothing' school is making matters worse. If the state takes risks, it will generate tax revenuesAs we enter another recession, economics is now firmly in three camps. There are the rightwing...
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No, Boris – spending more on London won't fix the country's economic woes |...
London gets the lion's share of taxpayer money for health, housing and transport. Now Boris wants to blow more on the capital. But his argument is flatly wrongAre you anxious about the double-dip...
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Cutting red tape and taxes will not revive Britain | Ha-Joon Chang
The coalition's core business strategy is wrong. If there's money to be made investors won't worry about regulationFollowing the news that Britain has entered the dreaded double-dip recession, those...
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Peter Mandelson calls for EU referendum
Former minister breaks with Labour stance by calling for vote on Europe and foresees fiscally federalist 'eurozone mark two'The pro-Europe former Labour cabinet minister Lord Mandelson will call for...
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A week in radio: The Today Programme Lecture
Mervyn King's lecture on the economy might have made headlines, but as radio it was dreary stuffThe Today Programme Lecture (Radio 4, Wednesday) is a curious beast. The last thing regular listeners...
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Cameron didn't learn from Lamont on recession – early sharp cuts hurt |...
The real mistake was not getting the forecast wrong, but getting the economics wrong. Look back to the last recessionThe UK economy fell back into recession in the first quarter. But talk of a...
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Coming to a force near you – Police, Camera, Detention! | Marina Hyde
Plans to privatise the police brings to mind those dystopian visions of the future. But could it be any more ghastly than now?One of the foremost things movies warn you about the future is that it is a...
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Debts 'threaten fire engine company's ability to tackle high-rise blazes'
Doubts raised over government's privatisation agenda as London operator's £78m debts limit its capacity to fight firesGovernment plans to privatise more emergency services have been thrown into...
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Chuka Umunna: 'The market is not able to provide direction'
The shadow business secretary is ready and willing to intervene in industrial policy – and believes a cross party fault line is developing over whether or not to let 'market forces rip'For Chuka...
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Mervyn King didn't grasp the crisis then –and he doesn't now | Will Hutton
Sir Mervyn cannot bring himself to declare that the Bank was party to the gigantic intellectual mistake that led to the crisisSir Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, is by common consent...
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Banking sector reforms to be set out by George Osborne in June
Chancellor's plans likely to be announced in Mansion House speech and white paper on 14 JuneReforming the banking sector is expected to be a key theme of chancellor George Osborne's Mansion House...
View ArticleWhatever happened to the big society?
In May 2010, David Cameron invited 16 social entrepeneurs to an inaugural big society launch. Two years on we ask what they think about it nowPaddy AllenPatrick Butler
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Loss of funds sinks former pit village's 'big society' plans
Nottinghamshire scheme that helped cut crime and sparked community involvement falls victim to government cutsWhatever happened to the big society?The "big society" was not even a scribble on the back...
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Cameron's 'big society' undermined by cuts and distrust, says study
Prime minister's flagship project losing initial goodwill as community groups suffer funding 'body blow', finds report David Cameron's flagship "big society" project is at risk of being derailed by...
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