Recession looms, unemployment touches a 17-year high. But 101 Tory MPs want David Cameron to shackle the UK’s wind industry, which now employs over 10,000 people. Their call will feed the predominant anti-renewables line in some media.

Yesterday, the minister for disabled people, Maria Miller, said there are no shortage of jobs and blamed unemployment on people's unwillingness to apply for work. The last set of data showed that there are as many as 20 people chasing the one vacancy in some areas, in Lewisham there are almost thirty five dole claimants chasing each vacancy.

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

Former foreign secretary says he would be interested in returning to front bench – ‘leaving office was like the end of a love affair’

Unemployment is falling in the US, where wealth-creators are applauded, rather than denounced, writes Boris Johnson.

Republican frontrunner opens new line of attack on Barack Obama after last week’s jobs figures, claiming real unemployment rate is above 15%

Unemployment data highlights growing divisions within eurozone

The answers are not really and I sure hope not! Another question? Is the United States in a liquidity trap that's loosely defined as enormous amounts of cash injected into the system by the Fed to lower interest rates while not having the desired effect of stimulating economic growth? 2012 GDP forecast (Congressional Budget Office): 2.0% reduced from a forecast of 2.7%. 2012 unemployment rate...

Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore MP writes a regular column for local newspapers in his constituency. Here’s this week’s edition. Jobs Economic recovery and jobs remain the most important issues for people here in the Borders and last week was tough in terms of unemployment news. There has sadly been an

It looks like Dave’s still made of Teflon. Even after the economy shrank by 0.2 per cent and the unemployment rate rose to its highest point since 1995, the public still think his party is better at handling the economy than Labour. And the Tories’ lead on what is by far the most important issue to voters hasn’t just survived all this bad economic news — it’s actually...