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What price forward guidance when markets move faster than the Bank?
Unlike the Fed, Threadneedle Street is sending mixed messages, with no policy action and a fudged inflation targetCentral bankers have feet of clay. That was the clear message from the surprise...
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Liberal Democrat inquiry into 'campaign to undermine Vince Cable'
Nick Clegg launches investigation into claims his supporters briefed journalists against leadership rivalNick Clegg has launched an inquiry into claims that aides have been involved in a "dirty tricks"...
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UK growth? Make London independent to mend the north-south divide
The south may be recovering, but the north shows Ed Miliband's aspiration for One Nation Britain is far off from realityGo to Preston and tell them that Britain is booming and the notion will be...
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What is the 'global race'?
Conservatives love to talk about the 'global race' – but what does it really mean? And is Ed Miliband right to say that that David Cameron's party have taken the concept in a dangerous direction?A year...
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Ed Balls to ask watchdog to vet Labour's 2015 spending plans
Shadow chancellor will reveal high-risk bid to convince voters that party would not be fiscally irresponsible in governmentLabour will on Monday try to bolster its economic credibility by asking the...
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Labour conference: building blocks | Editorial
Ed Miliband's project, and Labour's election hopes, depend on the economic vision that Ed Balls sets out in his speechA lot of work goes into building a house – footings and drains, dampproofing and...
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Ed Balls to promise 25 hours of free childcare a week
Shadow chancellor will also tell Labour conference he wants watchdog to audit all of party's tax and spending commitmentsEd Balls, the shadow chancellor, is to propose extending free childcare from 15...
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Shadow chancellor Ed Balls speaks to delegates at the Labour party conference in Brighton
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Bank of England message to inflation soothsayers … ease your storm
Unemployment may be a lagging indicator, but says more about pressure on prices than other measures, goes Broadbent's lineDon't believe the hype, is this week's message from the Bank of England. As...
View ArticleLabour conference - Ed Balls's speech: Politics live blog
Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of the Labour conference in Brighton, including Ed Balls' speechAndrew SparrowPaul Owen
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Labour conference: the search for credibility | Editorial
Despite Mr Ball's tough warning to conference he was intending to be an iron chancellor, his audience loved him more than everIt is a measure of Labour's constrained choices that, without causing any...
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It was Ed Balls' best shot, but will Tory scare tactics win the day? | Polly...
Cameron's economic policies are in disarray, but his team's supreme skill is in sticking the stiletto into LabourA strong speech from tough would-be chancellor Iron Balls gave good reasons to vote...
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UK's summer bounce could be 'self-confirming' upswing – MPC member
Bank of England policymaker David Miles says forward guidance on interest rates should help nurture economic recoveryThe summer bounce in Britain's economy could mark the start of a "self-confirming"...
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Behold, Ed Miliband's new populism of the left | Jonathan Freedland
Labour leader offered the faithful a policy-packed speech to sell his party – and himself – on the doorstepIs Red Ed back? The delight that greeted Ed Miliband's address to the Labour party conference...
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Labour will lead Britain on race to the top, Ed Miliband vows
Coalition condemned for its 'race to the bottom' in upbeat speech by Labour leader in BrightonLabour will lead Britain in a "race to the top", in contrast to the Tories, who want a "race to the bottom"...
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Labour conference votes to renationalise railways and Royal Mail
Leftwing policy unlikely to find its way onto 2015 manifesto as senior sources dismiss unanimous vote of membersLabour party members have called on Ed Miliband to put the railways and postal service...
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Ed Miliband and business: talking loud, saying something | Editorial
A speech by an opposition leader has made eight out of the nine front pages of the national papers. The interest is justifiedWhat would Ed Miliband actually do as prime minister? In Brighton this week,...
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A growing economy, but beware the red warning sign of trade deficits
Output is up 0.7% in the second quarter, but investment is lower and Britain remains in a current account deficit of 4% of GDPFirst the good news. The UK is out of recession and growing robustly. The...
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Letters: Peter Mandelson and New Labour's bankrupt policies
Lord Mandelson is wrong in his criticism of Ed Miliband's energy plan (Report, 26 September), yet was also wrong when he was business secretary. In 2009 his lordship recognised after meeting French...
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Public sector paid big four outsourcing firms £4bn last year, NAO reveals
Scale of outsourcing to Serco, Capita, Atos and G4S prompts fears that firms are becoming too big to failMore than £4bn of taxpayer funds was paid out last year to four of Britain's largest outsourcing...
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