Santorum benefits as social issues replace the economy at the fore of the election debate

Anything new the Labour Party claims they’d do if only they were in government now? It’s a great big lie. They had a booming economy* and absolute power for thirteen years**. So if they gave a flying fuck about it, they’d have done it. *Later revealed to be a debt-fuelled disaster that’ll probably take another thirteen years for the Libera-tory Coalition to repair and pay o...

A new report, launched in Brussels on Monday by the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, shows that a European financial transaction tax (FTT) would boost growth in Europe by at least 0.25%. It would also raise revenue to combat poverty and climate change at home and abroad, and help re-balance the economy by making long-term investment more worthwhile than short-term, high frequen...

George Osborne’s speech to the Federation of Small Businesses tonight tries to offer some reassurance that the coalition isn’t caving into the anti-business zeitgeist. Referring to the recent rows over executive pay, he deplores rewards for failure before saying ‘a strong, free market economy must be built on rewards for success. There are those who are trying to create an anti-b...

With the negotiations balancing on a thin line between bailout and default, what the Greek economy needs is a major reduction of the public sector followed by privatisation and tax reductions, writes Anna Visvizi from the American College of Athens. More »

In a speech to the Aldersgate Group, a coalition of environment agencies, NGOs, think tanks and industry representatives, Caroline Flint, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, set out the case for an active industrial strategy to drive green growth, reboot the British economy and build a more resilient and responsible economy for the future

This year alone, high youth unemployment will cost government £4.8bn in lost tax revenues and unemployment benefits, more than the budget for further education for 16 to 19 year-olds, and cost the economy £10.7bn in lost output, the report said. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), which contributed to the report, said

The ECB’s action has brought a liquidity crisis to an end, but it is unlikely to spur lending in the real economy, writes Edward Chancellor, who thinks concerns about the solvency of Europe’s periphery will remain

Do long as the banks do not lend this situation will persist. Bank lending has been the way we’ve made the money that the country needs to keep the economy going. As long as banks don’t lend, and that looks likely to be for some time to come since without an increase in one of

Chris Huhne's replacement as Energy Secretary vows to continue his predecessor's work by increasing the number of green jobs.