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Did you ever see the comedy show Little Britain and the famous sketch ‘the computer says no?’ No matter how many questions someone asks the receptionist they always get the same answer. It is a funny sketch. And the government’s approach to austerity has taken the...

This month will see George Osborne deliver the final budget speech of this parliament. It will be the final budget too of this coalition government. Since this coalition will not survive beyond 7 May, we might see a few formal budget announcements setting the stage...

The UK economy is growing at a relatively fast rate at present. The first estimate of GDP growth in 2014 is that the economy expanded 2.6 per cent. Recent survey data suggest the rate of expansion increased across the economy last month. Lower fuel and food costs are...

In a week in which even deeper future cuts to welfare have been announced by Cameron, the publication of Cameron’s Coup: How the Tories took Britain to the Brink by Polly Toynbee and David Walker seems particularly timely. With less than 100 days to go to the 2015...