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Live chat: Does tax have to be taxing?
Taxation may be much maligned but not only can it increase government revenues, it can also improve civic engagement. Join the debate on how to make it work, 19 SeptemberAgainst a backdrop of recession...
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Lehman Brothers collapse: five years on, we're still feeling the shockwaves
Lehman's trillion-dollar bankruptcy shook the foundations of the global economy. Larry Elliott retraces the reverberationsThreadneedle Street August 2013Green shoots of recovery were bursting out all...
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Royal Mail privatisation could cost rural Tories their seats, says thinktank
The Bow Group, Britain's oldest conservative thinktank, says privatisation is so unpopular with voters as to risk damaging Tory vote in 2015Rural Conservative MPs are worried that the Tory-led...
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Vince Cable: Jeremiah jibes won't stop me speaking my mind
Liberal Democrat business secretary vows to continue being outspoken despite David Cameron's rebukeIt takes a certain political dexterity to be cast as a biblical figure one day and to take a starring...
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Lib Dem conference: words set to override action
Nick Clegg to make virtue of party's disputes over key issues, despite need for clarity on Tory relationship and economic policyThree out of four voters will not consider the Liberal Democrats at the...
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Liberal Democrats push for minimum wage increase
Vince Cable: 'You can't keep telling people you have to take a wage cut to keep your job'Vince Cable, the business secretary, is to press for an increase in the minimum wage amid concerns that the...
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Pray Ben Bernanke's taper doesn't set the world economy alight
This week may see the beginning of the end for quantitative easing in the US. In these uncharted economic waters, we are about to encounter a new set of dangersBen Bernanke may finally announce on...
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Five years after Lehman, could a collapse happen all over again?
When Lehman Brothers went bust, it seemed to represent an unforgettable public humiliation for the banking sector. But key figures at the heart of the rescue operation in 2008 fear that the risk of...
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Schools forced to end single-supplier contracts in bid to cut cost of uniform
Brirtish families could save £52m with end to overpriced clothes, Lib Dem education minister tells party conference. Meanwhile, leader Nick Clegg says party has stood up to Tories on jobsThe government...
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Parties failing to convince electorate on economy, poll finds
Resolution Foundation thinktank survey says policy battleground remains wide open, particularly over reducing household billsAll the political parties have so far failed to convince the electorate that...
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Letters: Mail privatisation is simply white-collar theft
I fear that your future scenario for Royal Mail (Editorial, 13 September) is over-optimistic. My guess is that by 2020 the company will have fallen into the hands of private equity who, by 2023, will...
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Lib Dem conference: Clegg and Cable at odds over economy
Business secretary refuses to join leader's attempt to crush call from party's left for more to be done to stimulate recoveryA growing dispute at the top of the Liberal Democrats emerged on Sunday as...
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Nick Clegg laughs off split with Vince Cable over conference vote on deficit
Lib Dem leader says row is 'storm in teacup' and it is up to business secretary to decide whether to support motionNick Clegg has said it is for Vince Cable to decide whether to turn up and support the...
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The left doesn't need a new party. It needs some new ideas | James Bloodworth
The creation of Left Unity misses the point. Labour's inertia comes down to the left no longer knowing what it stands forCapitalism is floundering yet the left is failing to make headway. Indeed, since...
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How would you fix the economy? | Open thread
Few Britons believe politicians are doing the right thing to improve living standards. Tell us if you have any better ideasAccording to a new poll, none of the main UK political parties has managed to...
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Nick Clegg persuades Lib Dems to stick with austerity
Deputy prime minister wins controversial motion saying party was right to back public spending cuts to reduce deficitNick Clegg has persuaded his party to stick to the path of austerity after promising...
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Big business is policing tax avoidance – what could possibly go wrong | Prem...
David Heaton's resignation from an advisory panel on tax abuse exposes the perils of hiving off tax avoidance enforcementThe privatisation of Royal Mail is making headlines, but another form of...
View ArticleLib Dem conference - Vince Cable's speech, economy debate and Clegg Q&A:...
Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow, including the economy debate, Vince Cable's speech and Nick Clegg's Q&AAndrew Sparrow
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Voters feeling more confident about economy, Guardian/ICM poll finds
Poll finds 50% of people feel quite or very confident about economic prospects compared with 49% who do notThe number of voters who feel confident about their economic prospects has nudged in front of...
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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 0.7% in the second quarter of 2013, revised from the previously...
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