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Growth based on cheap money and artificial mortgages is fool's gold | Polly...
Osborne's Help to Buy scheme sets us up for a new housing crash. Labour should lay the foundations for a national housebuilding planThe chancellor will claim he's pulling off the well-known royal baby...
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How much will your first house cost? And are there enough to go round?
The country's housing crisis has left a 'jilted generation' struggling to buy their first home, according to new research• Get the data• More data journalism and data visualisations from the...
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George Osborne to hail GDP figures as return to sustained economic growth
• Experts predict 0.6% rise in GDP for second quarter• Feelgood factor still long way off, Balls will claimGeorge Osborne is hoping expected second-quarter growth figures published on Wednesday of...
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George Osborne's 0.6% growth is good but unspectacular | Larry Elliott
The economy is growing and the expansion is broad-based – but there is still a faint tinge of disappointmentGood but unspectacular. That was the instant reaction to news that the economy grew by 0.6%...
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UK GDP growth of 0.6% shows 'Britain is on the mend,' says George Osborne
The pace of second-quarter economic growth doubled from the first three months of 2013, ONS data showsBritain's recovery picked up pace in the second quarter, official figures have confirmed, with GDP...
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UK GDP since 1955
Gross domestic product is the economic output of Britain. See how it has changed over time• Get the dataBritain's economy grew by 0.6% in the second quarter of 2013, in line with City estimates,...
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Two private prisons among worst three jails, inspectors find
G4S-managed Oakwood and Serco-run Thameside ranked in 'serious concern' category in annual rankingsTwo privately run prisons, the G4S-managed Oakwood and Serco-run Thameside, are among the three...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne hails UK growth figures - video
The chancellor, George Osborne, says Britain is 'on the mend' from the deep economic recession
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George Osborne recovers his swagger with economy on the mend
Chancellor's dark mood of last year has lifted, but it will not be plain sailing between now and next electionMichael Heseltine had a very simple rule. Give me economic growth, the former deputy prime...
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Growth of 0.6% may not look much, but it's a huge deal for George Osborne
The chancellor and shadow chancellor both know the argument over growth will be vital between now and the general electionWhen he was at the Treasury, Gordon Brown enjoyed waxing lyrical about...
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Growth boost puts Labour on back foot
PM and chancellor hail faster recovery as Ed Balls says life is getting harder for everyone except millionairesDavid Cameron and George Osborne were handed a precious weapon against Labour's attacks on...
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Economy: Osborne's moment | Editorial
If Labour wants a substantial critique of Osbornomics, it will need to do better than merely chant that austerity isn't workingIt has become almost a tradition over the past three years for George...
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Economy case studies: the builder and the private eye
Small firms are starting to sense the worst may be behind themThe builder: 'Last year was probably our toughest'Builders have generally had a torrid few years since the economic downturn. The austerity...
View ArticleSteve Bell on George Osborne and economic recovery – cartoon
Experts predict 0.6% rise in GDP for second quarter but Labour will claim that feelgood factor is still a long way offSteve Bell
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At last, George Osborne has got in touch with his inner Keynes | Simon Jenkins
With his buy-to-let scheme the chancellor is finally pumping cash to a more productive place than bank vaultsAt first sight, you could not make it up. For three years George Osborne starves the economy...
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GDP figures leave Labour in need of new plan of attack
Voters need to feel that the future is likely to be better than the past, and the Tories are on a concerted charm offensiveSix months ago Ed Balls was basking in the political limelight. Labour's...
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George Osborne's description of the economy is near-Orwellian | Ha-Joon Chang
The fact that even Labour accepts the UK is 'on the mend' shows how low our expectations of economic performance areIf all else fails, they say, you can always lower your standards. This is what we...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne's not-so magic wand
Chris Riddell on the chancellor's flawed alchemyChris Riddell
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Carney must use all weapons at his disposal if he's to propel recovery into...
Forward guidance is more of a communications technique than a solution. Good, then, that Mark Carney is talking of a mixed strategy for boosting the economyMark Carney will will need more than a couple...
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Lynton Crosby has trapped Miliband on a sticky wicket over union policy
The Aussie strategist has forced the Labour leader into an assault on the unions just at the moment when low pay is becoming a crucial issueThe beginnings of the long-awaited British economic recovery,...
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