Pessimists argue that only zero growth will save the planet. But it doesn't have to be that way, says the IPPR. There are ways to achieve Treasury growth targets and reduce greenhouse gases
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the government will give councils £805m to freeze council tax for a second consecutive year, using money saved by cutting waste.
The coalition talk might be all about small government. But in the real world, the unprecedented shocks to the UK - banking crises, terrorist attacks, riots - show we rely on the state more than ever
Two of Scotland's most senior economists will today back the Scottish Government's demands for control over corporation tax, despite a lukewarm response to the idea from business.
The UK economy faces a lost decade of economic stagnation due to the ‘deepening crisis’ in the world economy, shadow chancellor Ed Balls warned the Labour Party conference today.
The new head of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research has hit the ground criticising. And it is the chancellor's over-rigid fiscal tightening that former government chief economist...
Banks’ high street operations should be separated from their investment arms to reduce the risk of the system needing government bail-outs, a long awaited report into the future of UK banking...
The UK’s economic recovery will remain ‘weak’ throughout the rest of 2011, but growth will improve in 2012, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has said.
Giving local authorities control of Council Tax Benefit certainly fits in with ministers’ localism plans. But by combining it with a 10% grant cut, the coalition is also passing the buck for cutting...
It is not sustainable for the eurozone to support the sheer volume of existing private and public sector debt in member nations. Either restructuring of the debt, or reconstitution of the eurozone,...
The current turmoil in the global financial markets has 'vindicated' the government's decisions over spending cuts, Chancellor George Osborne said yesterday.
The North of England needs a ten-year strategy to stop the concentration of economic power in London, the Institute for Public Policy Research North has said.