Blog posts tagged "Treasury"

April 21, 2012 7:51 pm 18 Comments

"I am not in, as the chancellor of the exchequer, a daily opinion poll contest and a daily popularity contest. I will tell you what I am engaged in. A daily contest with the rest of the world to make Britain competitive to bring jobs to Britain."

April 4, 2012 8:08 pm 8 Comments

Why tax changes proposed in the budget could undo the good work of Big Society Capital - the body launched to fund social investment.

January 25, 2012 3:36 pm 7 Comments

The UK is probably in recession already, but the growth of the economy since the Oct 2010 spending review is just one tenth of government predictions at the time.

September 14, 2011 4:45 pm 10 Comments

Euro crisis, poor jobs figures, massive national strikes, on top of high inflation squeezing living standards - Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports on the political response to the economic bad weather.

April 27, 2011 12:04 pm 7 Comments

Can the economy's slow growth really be blamed on the harsh winter weather? Economics Editor Faisal Islam looks behind the headlines?

September 1, 2010 5:20 pm 7 Comments

The Chancellor recently derided the Labour leadership candidates as ‘deficit-deniers’, an opinion with which Tony Blair appears to concur. The final chapter of his new book does place him closer to the Coalition Treasury than the economic policies outlined to date by the candidates. Ahead of our Labour leadership hustings on the economy, it’s worth [...]

August 25, 2010 9:03 am 5 Comments

‘Clearly regressive’ are two words that will be sending shivers down the spines of the Coalition ministers. For the first time the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has completed a comprehensive analysis of who will pay for the Budget measures announced in June, known as a distributional analysis in the jargon.

August 5, 2010 5:02 pm 2 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on how the banks still face long-term funding problems, despite unveiling big profits this week.

May 26, 2010 7:58 pm 5 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on a coup for the Treasury after some strong US backing.

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.