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If Labour is elected in 2015, it will face the most testing economic conditions since Harold Wilson beat Ted Heath to form a minority Labour government in 1974. But while that government's term was characterised by more or less open warfare between Labour ministers...

This week George Osborne has failed two important tests: the first being his own benchmark for economic stability, Britain’s credit rating; the second, my preferred benchmark for economic success, Britain’s industrial strength. Because not only has the UK lost its AAA...

Growth is like sex: everyone is in favour of it, but no one is entirely sure how you go about getting any. And while George Osborne might be like someone who buys a copy of Neil Strauss’ misogynistic self-help book The Game – he doesn’t have a plan, and he’s a bit of...

Last year, the UK watched its final analogue TV broadcast with remarkable little fanfare or publicity. Who even noticed when, last October, Digital Switchover was completed successfully? The largest engineering project in UK broadcasting history – seven years of...