Politics Weekly podcast: Labour's economic alternative
With criticism mounting over Ed Miliband's leadership of Labour, he has decided that now is the time to perform a delicate politcal manoeuvre on the party's economic message. While the two Eds will...
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A Labour U-turn on the economy? Hardly. But nobody is listening | Jonathan...
Ed Miliband and Ed Balls's apparent shift over cuts is not a contradiction at all. But in opposition, the argument's hard to winWho'd be in opposition? Except when facing a government clearly in its...
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Britain has socialism in its psyche, too | Tristram Hunt
David Cameron's popular capitalism speech is a political move. History tells us another storyThe Conservative commentariat has gone weak-kneed at the prime minister's "popular capitalism" speech. Like...
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Ed Miliband calls on David Cameron to block RBS chief Stephen Hester's bonus
Labour leader hopes to embarrass PM, who has refused to say whether he would stop award of £1.3m payoutEd Miliband is turning up the pressure on David Cameron in the escalating row over "crony...
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Chris Riddell on the prime minister's vain attempts to curb bankers' bonusesChris Riddell
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If you want 'responsible capitalism', prime minister, change the tax system
David Cameron's speech on reform was a clever one. But if he is serious about change, there are more profound ways of changing the economy than share schemes and votes on payThe moral high ground seems...
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Words won't change capitalism. So be daring and do something | Will Hutton
Western governments must replace their redundant inflation targets with a target for the growth of the value of the goods and service they produceGreat news. All three party leaders are now talking...
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Letters: Rethinking capitalism in a spivs' paradise
David Cameron believes he is on a crusade to drive a new "moral capitalism" (Report, 19 January). He should read Will Hutton on stakeholder capitalism and look to Germany, where employee...
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Tony Blair had 'secret group preparing for euro referendum'
Planning was kept secret to avoid Gordon Brown's disapproval, Peter Hain discloses in autobiography Tony Blair and his aides sanctioned a secret group inside Labour, including the-then Europe minister,...
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Empty government buildings to be offered to small firms for business
David Cameron plans to make 300 premises available at low rates for one year to entrepreneurs and new companiesGovernment office premises and buildings that are under-used or empty will be offered as...
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Big banking sector amplifies risk of inequality, OECD warns Britain
Thinktank recommends more generous unemployment benefits and reform of housing and council taxesBritain's economic mix of a big banking sector and low level of benefits leaves the country vulnerable to...
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Tories forge five-point poll lead over Labour
Latest Guardian/ICM poll puts Conservatives on 40%, Labour on 35% and the Lib Dems on 16%The Conservatives have forged a five-point lead over Labour, according to the latest Guardian/ICM poll,...
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Vince Cable should look past executive pay to the wages of the workforce |...
As well as rewarding executives for poor performance, unfair pay has adverse impacts on the wider economy and on taxpayersVince Cable's policy announcement on tackling the soaring levels of executive...
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Letters: Alternatives to the age of austerity
Jonathan Freedland (There was no Labour U-turn, but not many are listening, 21 January) argues Labour is forced to support the cuts because there will be no money to reverse them in 2015 after Osborne...
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An independent Scotland will be a beacon of fairness | Alex Salmond
As an independent nation Scotland can make a far greater contribution to progressive politics, while reinvogorating our social union with EnglandThe Scottish National party will campaign confidently...
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UK national debt and government borrowing: what City economists think
Three experts offer their analysis of what the latest debt and borrowing figures signifyBritain's national debt has breached £1tn for the first time, official figures showed on Tuesday. At the same...
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World economic outlook from the IMF: just how bad will things get?
The International Monetary Fund has just revised its predictions for the world's economies. See what the data says• Get the dataThe world economy has deteriorated sharply in the last few months asthe...
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Davos: big questions from top delegates to the World Economic Forum
As the annual gathering opens Cherie Blair joins others in mapping out the tough challenges ahead for global wellbeingCherie Blair Founder, CB Foundation for WomenHow to ensure women's economic...
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Mervyn King warns of arduous recovery ahead as UK debt hits a trillion
Bank of England governor also says huge bonuses for bankers could undermine public support for free marketsThe governor of the Bank of England has warned that the path to economic recovery would be...
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The Tories see their poll ratings rise as the country's financial problems worsenMartin Rowson
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