David Laws: coalition policies will help families - video
Speaking on Monday, the Cabinet Office minister says the coalition's upcoming policies will benefit working families
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Duncan Smith defends benefits squeeze
Work and pensions secretary says 1% cap on benefit rises will close a gap between wages and welfare paymentsIain Duncan Smith has defended the government's decision to restrict social security and tax...
View ArticleIain Duncan Smith debates benefits cap in House of Commons - video
Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, debates the controversial welfare benefits uprating bill in the House of Commons
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David Miliband lights a fuse as he turns on coalition and Ed Balls
Former foreign secretary challenges shadow chancellor by reframing Labour's economic policyHas David Miliband just delivered one of his most significant speeches since his brother defeated him in the...
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There is a problem with welfare, but it's not 'shirkers' | Seumas Milne
This economic model isn't delivering jobs or decent wages. The real scroungers are greedy landlords and employersThe glee and class contempt with which Britain's Tory leaders have set about this week's...
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Privatising probation makes no sense – and will put the public at risk |...
Why sell and fragment a service that has met or exceeded its targets? The only reason must be money and ideologyAfter months of speculation, the coalition has finally published its plans for...
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Letters: Plan now for a Labour-Lib Dem coalition
With David Cameron and Nick Clegg setting out the coalition's priorities up to the next election (Comment, 9 January), progressives must ensure that a renewal of that arrangement does not become the...
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Coalition guilty of 'astonishing omission' in audit, says Labour
Ministers publish report saying UK is on course to meet fiscal mandate but does not mention failure on debt-to-GDP ratio vowThe coalition has declared that it is on course to meet its central economic...
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Political audit: keeping score | Editorial
As Tony Blair discovered in his first term, describing the journey of government tends to get in the way of reaching the destinationAudits by auditors with an interest in the outcome are not to be...
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MPs avoid pensioner backlash over inflation reforms – for now
On the issue of changing the RPI measure, the interests of a politically potent minority trump those of the silent majorityA classic British fudge. That's the only way to describe the unexpected...
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Lord Heseltine says state must be central to economic growth
Tory peer claims no government ever has proper growth plan and says industry and Whitehall must work togetherThe former deputy prime minister, Lord Heseltine, says he has never known a government to...
View ArticleSteve Bell on David Cameron's big speech on the European Union – cartoon
The prime minister is due to make a landmark speech on Europe – and Nick Clegg owns a onesieSteve Bell
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Has quantitative easing had its day? | Radhika Desai
QE's failure to power recovery is clear, but the US and UK remain wedded to the policy to stifle debate about fiscal policyLast autumn the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, ended months...
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Will the money Gérard Depardieu saves on tax really make him happy? | Deborah...
It is important for social democracies to allow the accumulation of individual wealth. But how that wealth is spent matters tooGérard Depardieu, one of the world's most famous Frenchmen, is now a...
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The Last Days of Detroit by Mark Binelli – review
Detroit native Mark Binelli's account of the decline of the city mixes despair with faint hopeThe dramatic decline of Detroit, once America's fourth largest and most productive city, has been captured...
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EU membership is crucial to Britain's growing car industry | Paul Haydon
The UK's car industry is a bright spot in the economic gloom – let's not jeopardise it by pulling out of EuropeWe may have just overtaken Brazil to become the world's sixth largest economy, but the...
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Private NHS providers in line for corporation tax exemption
Labour calls on government not to 'let the tax avoiders into the NHS' after revelations in review by MonitorPrivate companies providing NHS services could be exempt from paying corporation tax on their...
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Plan to link offshore windfarms to grid could cost £17bn
MPs raise concerns about terms of licensing system for constructing transmission linesThe government's plans to bring more offshore wind power on to the grid are flawed and could lead to higher...
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FTSE companies warned over executive pay
High Pay Centre says companies 'must end fast buck culture' and take long-term view of economyThe way the bosses of FTSE 100 companies are paid encourages them to focus on making a "fast buck" rather...
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To understand the deepening mess we are in now, it's worth looking to the...
This assault on an entire social contract is what Michał Kalecki warned aboutThe single best guide to what happened in Britain last week was published in 1944. Naturally, its author was a Polish...
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