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New direction needed to lead us out of Wongaland
The free-market right has a strategy to revive Britain's economy. It's up to the left to show there is a different wayBread and circuses. That was the approach favoured by Roman emperors for keeping...
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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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New direction needed to lead us out of Wongaland
The free-market right has a strategy to revive Britain's economy. It's up to the left to show there is a different wayBread and circuses. That was the approach favoured by Roman emperors for keeping...
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If you think you know what 'debt' is, read on | Alex Andreou
There is a chasm between the common perception of debt and the reality. Unless we change this, more crises will comeFew people understand what debt is. We may understand the scaled-down metaphors that...
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Bad immigration policy doesn't spring from bad stats | Jonathan Portes
It's not our immigration data – or perceived lack of – that's the problem, in fact we know far more than we did a decade ago"Disney World can keep better track of its visitors than Britain" was the...
View ArticleShould young people accept lower living standards than their parents? -...
Ros Altmann debates with Shiv Malik the predicament young people face after leaving educationKen MacfarlanePhil MaynardRos AltmannShiv Malik
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We won't need a PC World NHS if more of us go private | Melissa Kite
Those who can should unburden the health service, so it can act as the good, basic provider that Beveridge intendedIf you have ever queued up at the helpdesk of an electrical superstore with a broken...
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NHS Direct's withdrawal leaves 111 helpline on life support
Public organisation says new contract is 'unsustainable' amid fears that chaos will lead to 'tragic consequences for patients'The NHS's 111 non-emergency telephone helpline was in crisis after one of...
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Letters: Libidinal politics
Darian Leader rightly condemns attempts to gloss over injustice in the marketplace as individual failure (Heed the new age of anxiety rather than bemoaning it, 29 July). He is equally justified in...
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Lords say Amazon-style tax avoidance schemes must end
Economic affairs select committee wants more funding for HM Revenue & Customs to tackle well-funded corporationsThe House of Lords has warned that "once-in-a-century" reforms to the global tax...
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Renewed consumer confidence is more than a one-day wonder | Analysis
Gfk Index has has been on a clear upward trend since the end of 2012, says Larry ElliottConsumer confidence is on the mend. That's the clear message from the monthly snapshot of the UK provided by GfK,...
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Scottish independence 'yes' camp given fillip by welfare analysis
IFS says independent Scotland could discard 'poorly designed' Westminster reforms – but would face higher bill as resultAlex Salmond's claims that independence would allow Scotland to set up a better...
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