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NHS privatisation: land grab | Editorial
Coalition ministers justify privatisation as a response to failure, but over-ambitious bids have led to under-fulfilled contractsThey call it, in management speak, "first mover advantage". It's the...
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IMF finds $11bn black hole in Greek finances and warns of new write-off
Recession continues in Greece as unemployment hits 27%, but flickering growth returns elsewhere in EUThe International Monetary Fund warned the eurozone yesterday that it may be forced to write off a...
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Funding for lending: 'I'm not convinced it is going to the right people'
A saver, an engineering firm and a mortgage broker give their opinions on the impact of the lending schemeRobin Tillett is a saver who has seen his returns hit by interest-rate cuts since the Funding...
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Funding for Lending a year on: success for mortgage market, experts say
George Osborne's scheme has seen approvals on new loans rise by a third, but has not increased lending to businessesGeorge Osborne's Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS), introduced a year ago on 1 August...
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Stats of the nation: how the state measures our lives
From crime figures to the GDP, teenage pregnancies to retirement ages, there's no corner of Britain that the Office for National Statistics doesn't reach, the data it gathers shaping our lives – and...
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Zero-hours contracts foster 'worrying level of insecurity', says Nick Clegg
Deputy PM says business department is studying growth of controversial contracts in the wake of Guardian revelationsThe government is reviewing the breadth and impact of zero-hours contracts, revealed...
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Letters: The NHS and the implications of going private
While it is refreshing to read William Beveridge quoted as an authority (We won't need a PC World NHS if more go private, 30Â July), Melissa Kite falls into the common trap of reading documents without...
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Tax breaks used by mobile phone networks face scrutiny
Discounts for companies that pay little or no corporation tax will be investigatedParliament is to open a new front in the corporation tax war by asking auditors to lift the lid on the tax breaks...
View ArticlePolitics Weekly podcast: Mark Blyth on the history of austerity
When the chancellor George Osborne entered the Treasury after the Conservatives entered coalition in 2010 he deployed two main arguments for what would become his defining strategy. First, he told the...
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Economic growth: more must be done to encourage investment
Billions allocated to schemes such as Funding for Lending and Help to Buy have created a 'feelgood factor', but it is not enoughA smiling yes from growing numbers of manufacturers asked in July "Have...
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The water companies and the foul stench of exploitation | Nick Cohen
The privatisation of water is a story of greed, incompetence and fleecing the publicSounding more like an admonishing primary school teacher than ever, Margaret Thatcher announced in 1976 that the...
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Labour's economic record given clean bill of health at home and abroad
A leading British academic concludes that the last government has been tarnished by spin, while the US treasury secretary follows Gordon Brown's leadThe most dangerous chancellor of my career, one...
View ArticleThe Tories and the 'desolate' north
Chris Riddell on an energy policy that suggests vote-losing fracking should be avoided in the southChris Riddell
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Zero-hours contract workers - the new reserve army of labour?
Karl Marx would see zero-hour contracts for what they are: rank exploitation - the type of working conditions that spawned trade unions in the first placeIt is a pity Karl Marx was not around last week...
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Labour to focus on economic growth 'bypassing most families'
Opposition to push 'feel-bad factor' and sense of 'unfairness' with claim that working people are £1,350 worse off under coalitionLabour will this week attempt to shift the political focus to its claim...
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Privatisation isn't working. It's time for a public service users bill | Cat...
Most people want public services to remain public. This bill would give us a say over sell-offs and outsourcingIt's time for your voice to be heard on privatisation. The avalanche of public service...
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Bank of England's Mark Carney to unveil new interest rates guidance
The new governer will set out plans in response to George Osborne's request for a review of the current remitThe Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, will unveil new guidance for setting interest...
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Stamp out stamp duty by all means, but replace it with a fair housing tax |...
The Taxpayers' Alliance is right to call for an end this terrible tax. But unless it's replaced with a revamped council tax only the well-off will benefitThe Taxpayers' Alliance has launched a campaign...
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The living standards crisis is hitting Britain's wealth creators | Chuka Umunna
While ministers stand up for the few earning millions, millions of hard-working people are struggling to cope with soaring prices and stagnating incomesDavid Cameron said last year that the "good news...
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India calls on former IMF economist to run its central bank
Raghuram Rajan will take over at the Reserve Bank of India as government tackles worst economic problems in two decadesIndia has turned to former International Monetary Fund economist Raghuram Rajan to...
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