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The central debate about the economic outlook among economists and investment managers is the extent to which economies have recovered from the financial crisis. Strong growth in gross domestic campaign has finally appeared in the United Kingdom after a severe...

Growing the cake, not slicing it, needs to be Labour’s priority Labour heads into the general election behind in the polls on economic competence. By May 2015, the gap may well be in double figures. No party has ever won being behind on both leadership and its ability...

There will be no big spending under Labour, Chris Leslie tells Robert Philpot and Adam Harrison Chris Leslie is an improbable hate figure. With his affable manner and gentle northern accent, he is not obviously one of politics’ bruisers. Yet in June the Observer’s...

Ministers are falling over themselves to talk about the north. First up on Monday was Nick Clegg, who was in Leeds to announce Northern Futures, a call for ideas to create a northern hub. On Tuesday George Osborne was in Manchester, vowing to help create a ‘northern...