How the economic cost of Brexit is being hidden from Leave voters
The average household is around £2,000 worse off. But Brexiteer politicians and much of the media are obscuring this truth.
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The threat of a new recession is rising and the UK is dangerously unprepared
GDP shrank by 0.4 per cent in December but Britain is desperately short of economic firepower.
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How workers’ control of industry could transform the British economy
Faced with Nissan’s retreat and the decline of manufacturing, the left should take inspiration from the radical 1976 Lucas Plan.
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Who needs libraries anyway? How the Tories warped the purpose of local government
Financial pressures are endangering the future of libraries, youth clubs, bus services, street cleaning, park maintenance – and everything else…
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The unequal story of millennial homeowners shows we need to talk about wealth
Their incomes may be relatively low, but the children of homeowners are still far more likely to be able to…
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Stop repeating the mantra that “work is good for you”
Such assumptions are often leveraged to depict welfare reforms as benevolent, or in the public interest.
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Will the Bank of England’s forecasts be enough to avert a no-deal Brexit?
The economic predictions don’t worry Brexiteers, but will they sway Remainers amid the uncertainty over revoking Article 50?
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Be afraid: A no-deal Brexit would mean a 2008-style recession, says Bank of England
The Bank of England’s forecasts show no Brexit scenario where the UK economy does not shrink – but don’t expect…
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