Employment minister: record number of people in work - video
Employment minister Mark Hoban says latest figures are encouraging, but more work needs to be done to decrease jobless number
View ArticleEurozone crisis live: Standard & Poor's warns on UK credit rating
Ratings agency S&P revises the UK outlook from stable to negativeJosephine MouldsNick Fletcher
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UK credit rating threatened with S&P downgrade
Standard & Poor's warns there is a one-in-three chance that it will strip the UK of its cherished AAA status within the next two yearsGeorge Osborne's economic credibility suffered a fresh blow on...
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UK's loss of AAA rating starting to look inevitable
Likeliest outcome is another year of weak growth that will prompt at least one, and probably all three, of the rating agencies into a downgradeBritain will be downgraded if the budget deficit rises...
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In praise of … a nominal GDP target : Editorial
As Gordon Brown learned while orating on post-neoclassical endogenous growth, the biggest ideas in economics have unsexy namesThe first thing to say is: congratulations on getting beyond a deadening...
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Exposed: the myth of a 'culture of worklessness' | Robert Macdonald and Tracy...
Extensive research shows that families experiencing long-term unemployment remain committed to the value of workStories about the real extent and problem of worklessness are finally making headlines,...
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'Evicting asylum seekers? We just follow orders'
UK Border Agency contractors have left mothers and their babies suffering in cramped, stuffy, indecent conditionsIt emerged on Monday that a pregnant asylum seeker had been evicted on the day that her...
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Mark Carney's big idea may not be of much benefit to Britain
The Bank of England's next governor appears to think the simple 2% inflation target should be ditched, but doubts remain about his strategyWhen the Office for Budget Responsibility recently delivered...
View ArticleBilbo Miliband comes out fighting
Chris Riddell on the Labour leader's stand against the Chancellor's welfare cutsChris Riddell
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Newcastle arts cuts sabotage magnificence of a region | Letters
The founding of an orchestra in the 50s was the spark for a cultural scene whose fruits are now at riskIn 1956, my husband, Michael Hall, who founded what is now the Northern Sinfonia, went to Jarrow...
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Is it time for nominal GDP targets? | Jeffrey Frankel
Incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney has raised the issue – and for many advanced economies a nominal-GDP target is clearly superior to the status quoIt is time for the world's major central...
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UK inflation since 1948
Inflation in the UK stands at 2.7% in November. Get the full data over time - and see how it compares with pay• Interactive inflation data explorer from Timetric• Get the data• More data journalism and...
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Private healthcare: the lessons from Sweden
The UK centre right has looked on enviously as Sweden has privatised much of its health service in recent yearsOn Kungsholmen, one of the islands on which the Swedish capital Stockholm is built, stands...
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100% arts funding cut? This Newcastle budget is an act of vandalism | Lee Hall
The Labour council's move is a political game intended to shame the coalition – and will wipe out the regional capital's cultureI was born into a working-class family in industrial Newcastle in 1966....
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UK economy in three important numbers | Larry Elliott
To lift the gloom, the economy needs a period where earnings and property prices climb faster than consumer pricesHere are three numbers for you: in the year to November, the cost of living as measured...
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Sir Peter Burt in line to chair Vince Cable's £1bn business bank
Veteran behind HBOS to head advisory panel for scheme to ease credit flow through lender guaranteesVeteran banker Sir Peter Burt is being lined up to chair Vince Cable's £1bn business bank which is...
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Eric Pickles recommends 50 money-saving tips to councils
Communities secretary urges councils to ease financial strain by cancelling awards ceremonies and opening coffee shopsThe government has outlined "sensible savings" ideas for councils from opening a...
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When privatisation of GP practices goes wrong
For many patients, doctors and local politicians, the privatisation of surgeries has been a far from positive experienceThe first 82-year-old Maeve O'Connor heard of her GP practice closing was when...
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Fisheries minister hails EU quota deal
Richard Benyon says he has secured the best possible deal for the UK fishing industry after fending off quota cutsThe UK has hailed an EU fisheries deal on catches for next year as good for the fishing...
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Is Labour right to oppose the government's state benefits squeeze? | Natalie...
Two newspaper polls give opposing views of public opinion towards Osborne's proposed benefits cap. Tell us what you thinkTwo polls in the newspapers today paint different pictures of the public's...
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