The Business podcast: what to watch in 2012
With European leaders predicting no let-up in the economic uncertainty we experienced last year, 2012 looks set to be another bumpy ride for investors, workers and governments. Britain's economic fate...
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Alistair Darling and Charles Kennedy lined up for Scottish pro-union drive
Labour and Liberal Democrats hope David Cameron will take lower profile as main parties plan focus on economyAlistair Darling, Charles Kennedy and the former Tory leader in Scotland, Annabel Goldie,...
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Manufacturing: that rebalancing thing | Editorial
David Cameron is wrong in making the assumption that the economy will naturally right itself – it won'tNew year – but when it comes to the economy, the same old problems linger on. Take two pieces of...
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Labour must admit it messed up on the economy | Neal Lawson
While Labour delivered some good things, its economic record is nothing to be proud of. Let's have an honest assessmentOn Saturday, several hundred Labour politicians and activists will meet under the...
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The child benefit rethink sees the Tory party looking after its own | Tom Clark
It once cared about fairness fig leaves, but the government now seems to have a more nakedly rightwing look to itBack in the autumn of 2010, just before the Conservative conference, the press was being...
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Ed Balls: George Osborne's plan is failing but Labour cannot duck reality
Shadow chancellor says a Labour government would not be in a position to commit to reversing the Conservatives' cutsEd Balls admits he is going through a difficult transition. He just has just started...
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Ed Balls risks union anger in push to bolster Labour's economic credibility
Spending cuts and public sector pay freeze imposed by Conservatives will not be automatically overturned, says shadow chancellorEd Balls, the shadow chancellor, has moved to challenge accusations that...
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Multiculturalism, the NHS and some basic economics for David Cameron | Andrew...
A recent hospital stay got me thinking about how I wish my field – economics – more closely resembled modern medicineI can't say I regret that Christmas and the New Year have passed, as I spent them in...
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Recession warning as George Osborne turns to China
Chancellor arrives in Hong Kong to promote trade as experts warn that the euro crisis has already pushed Britain back into recessionGeorge Osborne arrives in Hong Kong on Sunday for a three-day tour of...
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Ed Balls lays out Labour plan to regain economic credibility
Shadow chancellor angers unions by saying he accepts all coalition cuts and backing public sector pay freezeEd Balls, the shadow chancellor, says Labour faces "a big task" to regain economic...
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Austerity hurt much of Europe. Now it's hurting Germany itself
At the end of last year, Berlin itself was affected by the slowdown that its rigid fiscal policies have done so much to foster. Now, it's said, Keynesian ideas may be taking hold even therePoliticians...
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The left is dismayed, but Ed Miliband retains his radical sense of purpose |...
Rapprochement with Ed Balls, economic realism, talk of new rules for business: Ed Miliband is making Labour credible againThere is the political game, and there is the real world. The real world is...
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Nick Clegg pushes 'John Lewis'-style economy
Deputy prime minister wants workers to be given the right to request shares in their companies Workers could be given the right to request shares in the companies they work for under proposals put...
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Ed Miliband backs Ed Balls's stance on spending cuts
Ed Miliband echoes statement from shadow chancellor that Labour cannot promise to reverse any coalition spending cutsEd Miliband has continued Labour's efforts to win back credibility on the economy by...
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Letters: Labour's lack of alternative vision
In his interview with your paper on Saturday, Ed Balls effectively holds up a white flag and admits that Labour has given up any attempt to set out an alternative economic agenda (Beyond the hair...
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Bond markets: when it pays to borrow | editorial
With the UK poised to go back into recession, the government ought to be borrowing more to investA funny thing happened in the bond markets last week, although it mostly stayed under the public radar....
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Politics blog: featuring Nick Clegg speech on the economy
• Today's agenda• Clegg's "crony capitalism" speech - summary• No 10 rejects Michael Gove's new Royal Yacht idea12.20pm: Nick Clegg has had a busy morning. As well as delivering his capitalism speech,...
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Nick Clegg unveils plans for 'John Lewis economy'
Deputy prime minister says allowing employees to have a stake in their firms will usher in a new era of 'responsible capitalism'Nick Clegg has unveiled plans to create a "John Lewis economy" by...
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In a speech to business leaders at Mansion House, Nick Clegg praises employee ownership, saying too few people have access to capital
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Ed Balls must explain how Labour would deliver economic change | Richard Murphy
Balls didn't say Labour embraced Tory cuts – but he must be more upfront about investing for growthI seem to be caught between the devil and the deep blue among Labour supporters this weekend. On...
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