Vince Cable Articles

I began Business of the House Questions by raising the upcoming Winter Olympics which are being held in the Russian town of Sochi. While I am looking forward to cheering on our Olympic and Paralympic athletes, we can’t ignore the homophobic laws which the Russian...

There is a cost of living crisis facing millions across the UK. The signs are clear to all – the weekly shop is more expensive, the energy bill never seems to stop rising and day-to-day living expenditure like travel is becoming unaffordable. And the overarching...

I was once fretting about being mired in a political argument, when a very experienced politician said to me, ‘Ally, never be afraid of having the row. It’s only when you’re having a row, you know you really might be getting somewhere.’ Those words came back to me as...

This day was not meant to happen. The 2010 spending review was supposed to take us through this parliament and to the end of austerity. That terminus is as far away now as it was then. The deficit has not closed for want of cuts but of growth. Precisely as Ed Balls...