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By Alex Hern - 13 March 12:17

We ought to fear the "Spectre of stagflation", says the FT.

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By Alex Hern - 12 March 17:58

How should the government settle the inequalities in property wealth?

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By Duncan Weldon - 12 March 15:30

The economy is stuck and without a change in government policy the slump is set to continue, writes the TUC's Duncan Weldon.

A young single mother and her child living on a housing estate in Middlesbrough,
By Caroline Davey - 12 March 11:34

Into work support from the work programme and job centre is not delivering for single parents, or for the tax payer.

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 11 March 19:24

Japan's maverick PM might not have his heart in the game.

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By Carl Packman - 11 March 14:21

Some positive, but largely symbolic, news.

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By VMC Rosario - 11 March 13:49

There needs to be pressure on Osborne to state what success looks like in respect to the £37 billion investment the Government made in two banks, writes VMC Rosario.

New Statesman
By Jonathan Portes - 11 March 12:53

NIESR's Jonathan Portes examines Cameron's statement of "fact".

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By Alex Hern - 11 March 11:21

How to respond when the prime minister says something simplistic and wrong.

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By Rebecca Tunstall - 08 March 13:07

If we're to move away from using housing benefit to prop up a dysfunctional housing market, we desperately need to think much more carefully about rent levels and wages, writes Rebecca Tunstall.

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By Mark Gaterell - 07 March 16:44

The need for 'low impact building', through both 'retrofitting' older properties with new technologies and new builds, is urgent.

A sign marks a plot for sale on a housing construction site on in Swindon, Engla
By VMC Rosario - 07 March 8:51

Give people a driving seat in housing investment, writes VMC Rozario.

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By Vince Cable - 06 March 16:27

The long economic stagnation of post-crisis Britain.

New Statesman
By Declan Gaffney - 06 March 9:43

It's not greed, it's not fraud, it's just more people needing help to live their lives, writes Declan Gaffney.

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By Alex Hern - 05 March 17:03

"In one London borough almost half of ex-council properties are now sub-let to tenants."

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By Alex Hern - 05 March 16:05

The have-nots don't get a word in.

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By Alex Hern - 05 March 13:18

The Dow is a silly index for silly people. Pay no heed.

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By Preston Byrne - 05 March 11:54

Creating pro-housing planning laws won't be easy, if the Conservatives' defeat in Eastleigh is anything to go by.

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By Alex Hern - 05 March 9:41

Country also puts focus on consumers to drive growth.

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By Alex Hern - 04 March 10:19

You scratch my back, I'll ask the shareholder remuneration committee to vote to scratch yours.

Students at London Metropolitan University protest the Government's decision to
By Alex Hern - 01 March 15:31

Cameron isn't just throttling our "cultural" exports — he is throttling our actual exports.

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By Alex Hern - 01 March 11:58

What will happen to bankers pay? Very little. To their risk taking? Very little. To, basically, anything? You guessed it.

Double dip… a bactrian camel with its newborn calf in Budapest, Hungary. Photogr
By Alex Hern - 28 February 17:57

Double-dip or not, stagnation is here for sure.

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By Alex Andreou - 28 February 16:26

RBS has announced losses of over £5.1bn and bonuses of £679m, after being bailed out by the taxpayer. Through Stephen Hester's sleight of hand, we are expected to believe that this has been a “chastening year” for the bank.

Xavier Rolet, the Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange, poses for photog
By Paweł Morski - 28 February 10:45

We're blaming the fire alarm for the fire.

"So, which line is the one for the job-stealing scum and which is for patriotic
By Alex Hern - 27 February 18:44

Government policy does mercifully little to affect the labour market, even if it could be doing better.

By Alex Hern - 27 February 10:53

Stagnation continues.

By Alex Hern - 27 February 10:30

The biggest reason for a failure to contribute to pension plans is not having the money to do so.

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