Blog posts tagged "coalition"

May 27, 2011 3:10 pm 20 Comments

"You could call this the Great Stagnation, you could call it the Disastrous Decoupling, you could call it Growth without Gain. What it definitely is, though, is deeply bad news for a massive swathe of Britain."

January 10, 2011 3:09 pm 19 Comments

Our Economics Editor looks at Nick Clegg's reassurances to "alarm clock Britain" - and questions whether the promise of £700-a-year tax cuts by the end of the Parliament is as reliable as the Deputy Prime Minister makes out.

November 23, 2010 9:05 pm 3 Comments

Usually, a nation which has applied for a bailout will easily pass an austere Budget. But in Ireland, it's rather more complicated, writes Faisal Islam from Dublin.

September 13, 2010 7:36 pm 2 Comments

There is only one aim for the Union movement here in Manchester. Can they turn the government's austerity drive from an issue of self interest into an issue of nationwide social justice?

June 23, 2010 5:15 pm 21 Comments

"Somewhat regressive" were the words that the coalition, particularly the yellow half, really would not have wanted to hear from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), writes economics editor Faisal Islam.

June 17, 2010 3:58 pm 6 Comments

Sheffield Forgemasters boss Peter Birtles received a shock phone call from officials in the Department for Business just minutes before Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced the cancellation of the £80m loan for the company, writes Faisal Islam.

May 14, 2010 6:22 pm 29 Comments

I do have serious questions about one massive U-turn from Messrs Clegg and Cable - their adoption of the Conservative plan for £6bn of in-year cuts, writes economics editor Faisal Islam.

May 12, 2010 11:23 am 4 Comments

On the first full day of the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat government, Faisal Islam blogs that this is a hugely important 24 hours for economic policy.