No longer can David Cameron plausibly claim that "there is no alternative".
By New Statesman - 14 March 16:53

No longer can David Cameron plausibly claim, if he ever could, that "there is no alternative".

Paul Ryan
By Alex Hern - 15 August 9:23

Compared to Ryan's budgets, Cameron's coalition looks positively profligate.

A young boy is weighed after being born in an NHS maternity unit in Manchester.
By Heather McRobie - 24 July 8:37

The strain of austerity is beginning to show on maternal care provision.

A new industrial policy is needed in response to the recession. Photo: Getty Ima
By Frances O'Grady - 11 July 14:34

Britain urgently needs a new economic settlement, argues Frances O’Grady of the TUC. That calls for a strong industrial policy, with brakes on the banks, revived collective bargaining and support for small business.

UK deficit in goods falls. Photo: Getty Images
By Helen Robb - 10 July 18:12

ONS data reveals increase in exports

The Barclays crisis is only the start of the LIBOR issue. Photo: Getty Images
By David Blanchflower - 04 July 16:16

The Bank of England's deputy governor Paul Tucker is guilty of either complicity or incompetence.

Surprise factory output fall
By Alice Gribbin - 05 April 11:10

Surprising new ONS figures show manufacturing predictions were overly optimistic.

New Statesman
By Andrew Sissons - 01 April 10:52

If the UK is to turn its economy around, the two key factors will be exports and productivity.

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