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economy Articles

A lucrative gap in the market of reason

It might strike some in our more cynical political time as ironic to find that it is left to the current Labour leader, speaking at a CBI conference, to pick up on businesses’ concerns about the economic cost of our sleepwalking out of Europe. To say nothing of the...
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The party of England

The recent ‘No’ vote in the Scottish independence referendum triggered an initial wave of relief across the Labour party which had fought so passionately to safeguard the union. Since the referendum, the Labour leadership has nonetheless appeared defensive, perturbed...
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Getting infrastructure back on track

Infrastructure is the life-blood of an economy. Coming in the form of energy, transport, communications, water and waste, it creates the national networks in which we live our lives. In the short term, infrastructure investment brings a stimulus to local areas. Each...
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Weak tax receipts spell trouble for Labour too

The United Kingdom economy looks pretty good compared to other developed economies at the moment. The IMF has forecast we will have the highest growth rate this year. GDP figures out today show the economy grew 0.7 per cent in the third quarter and three per cent over...
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Wars of attrition

Wars of attrition

Jan 21, 2015 |

It was the Iraq war that dominated prime minister’s questions today. Diane Abbott appeared regal in the House to ask a...