economy Articles

Labour continues to lag over trust on the economy. Serious assurances on spending can combat this Given the choice between ‘mean but smart’ and ‘nice but dim’, says the pollster Peter Kellner, voters tend to pick the former. This thesis was tested to the party’s...

Figures for December show that government borrowing exceeded the predictions of the Office for Budget Responsibility. Although overall government borrowing for the financial year is set to be lower than the previous year, this is due to some interesting accounting...

The scale of the economic problems facing us is enormous and we have a government with a failed economic policy and hoping for the best. Labour needs to build more credibility on spending to make progress with the electorate. Meanwhile, the One Nation theme can be...

After an awkward two-week holiday in Europe, Ed returned to the issue that will undoubtedly matter  most to the electorate at the next election – the  economy. Following what was a poor performance last week, Ed had a stronger PMQs thanks to  having a lot more to...