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The new cabinet: no women in Treasury but Boris Johnson's brother on the up
As it deals with the recession, the powerhouse of government is without a female minister for the first time in at least 16 yearsThe powerhouse of the government, the Treasury, is without a female...
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Labour's economic policies: time for some strategic heavy lifting | Patrick...
As the government loses its grip, Labour must confront a fundamental question about the nature of British capitalismAs a new political season resumes at Westminster, a succession of disastrous growth...
View ArticleCameron unveils building plans: Politics live blog
Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of all the day's political developments, including David Cameron and Nick Clegg unveiling plans to promote housebuilding and Ed Miliband's speech on the economyAndrew...
View ArticleWill David Cameron's planning reforms create jobs and growth?
PM waives planning permission for home and business extensions, saying it will create 140,000 new jobs - but will it? Juliette Jowit investigatesJuliette Jowit
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Planning policy: Don't blame the countryside for our lack of housing | Simon...
Britain is desperately inefficient in its land use, and there are still no measures to bring empty property back on the marketThe government's learning curve on planning is like an ant climbing a...
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Sheffield's Fairness Commission wants to hear your views
Luke Martin reports from the 88 bus, whose six-mile journey across the city sees average life expectancy fall by ten yearsIs life fair? This is the question that is being asked by Sheffield city...
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Why we need weekends | Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky
The return of the six-day week won't save Greece. Let's learn from – not emulate – the VictoriansDid you think that it was only in Victorian England that debtors were forced into the workhouse? Think...
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Pensioners left £11.5bn worse off by economic policies
Analysis shows Britain's elderly population faces even tighter financial squeeze and will be billions out of pocket by 2014Britain's pensioners will be £11.5bn out of pocket by April 2014 because of...
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Slash welfare to pay for emergency tax cuts, Liam Fox urges chancellor
Former defence secretary tells George Osborne that suspending capital gains tax will signal that Britain is open for businessGeorge Osborne should introduce emergency tax breaks paid for by welfare...
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Black Wednesday, 20 years on: five worst economic disasters of the 20th century
16 September marks the 20th anniversary of the sterling crisis. We look at four other disastrous days for the UK economy1. Coming off the Gold Standard in 1931Winston Churchill during his time as...
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Plaid Cymru must find its voice | Adam Price
Plaid needs to ditch its pressure group mentality and present itself as a party of governmentIt is perhaps a deliberate piece of symbolism that Plaid Cymru heads this weekend for its annual conference...
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Unfair dismissal compensation cap to be cut to encourage hiring of new staff
Business secretary Vince Cable rejects Beecroft report's proposal to adopt compulsory no-fault dismissalThe maximum £72,000 compensation cap for unfair dismissal is to be slashed as part of a package...
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Vince Cable's labour reforms are 'slap in the face' for workers, says TUC
Government's plan to slash £72,000 cap on unfair dismissal payouts 'will not create a single job', Brendan Barber warnsGovernment proposals to slash the £72,000 compensation cap for unfair dismissal...
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Unthinkable? Leaving employment rights alone | Editorial
Vince Cable is cutting compensation purely to placate certain deep right-wing prejudices"The problem of growth is that we have a very serious shortage of demand," said Vince Cable last Sunday,...
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UK economy has passed darkest moment, says John Major
Former prime minister says Britain is starting on 'slow road to recovery' while warning Tory rebels against 'regicide'Britain has passed the "darkest moment" in the economic downturn and is embarking...
View ArticleRecession: do you see green shoots? | Poll
John Major says 1990s-style economic conditions may already be lifting the UK out of recession. Do you agree?
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Could we build a better future on a land value tax?
A levy on the value of land regardless of what is on it would encourage efficient use of land within planning permission rulesBritain must build more homes. That was the chant from MPs on left and the...
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Government relaxes plans forcing cancer patients to actively seek work
Cut-off point for employment and support allowance will now not start until 12 months after patients have fully recoveredThe government has toned down controversial plans to force thousands of people...
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Obama takes on China with formal trade complaint over auto subsidies
Beijing responds swiftly to White House action at WTO amid mounting fears of a trade war between world's top economiesFears of a trade war between the United States and China intensified on Monday...
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TV review: Masters of Money; Panorama: Price Tag Wars
Being passionate about economics isn't easy – but Stephanie Flanders lives and breathes itBack in August, the work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith accused the BBC's economics editor, Stephanie...
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