The UK may have avoided recession but the economy is at its weakest for a decade
Mediocre growth of 0.3 per cent is nothing for the Conservatives to celebrate.
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Labour’s expansion of maternity leave would be a leap forward, but is still not far enough
Like the introduction of maternity and shared parental leave before it, the policy is a vast improvement on what we…
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The green movement must challenge capitalism, not individuals
The wealthy are responsible for far more carbon emissions than the poor. Labour’s promise of climate justice is the only…
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Sajid Javid and John McDonnell are adapting their fiscal rules for a changed world
An era of low interest rates both encourages greater infrastructure spending and increases the amount that government spending will need…
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Rejoice! The Conservatives have been blocked from using taxpayers’ money to attack Labour
Using civil servants’ time to help government is an old and possibly ineradicable problem, but the Tories have been blocked from…
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The age of post-austerity — why Labour and the Tories have embraced big government
Both parties recognise that voters crave higher public spending, not a smaller state.
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Private equity has been in a sweet spot in recent years
Should that give investors pause for thought?
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A slowing economy shows the US must break free from the curse of financialisation
Only by socialising ownership and finance can the US hope to generate the investment it needs to decarbonise and rebalance…
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