Blog posts tagged "Vince Cable"

March 13, 2012 9:26 pm 1 Comment

Lord Heseltine received the freedom of the City of Liverpool, on the day that the creation of thousands of jobs was announced. But all the main political parties seem to be fighting over the Heseltine inheritance of industrial activism.

October 3, 2011 2:37 pm 9 Comments

Chancellor George Osborne's announcement that he will use "credit easing" to get the British economy moving will involve risk of loss to the public purse, blogs Faisal Islam. But not yet.

September 22, 2010 9:27 am 5 Comments

Economics editor Faisal Islam analyses Business Secretary Vince Cable's principles - and whether they pose a threat to his participation in the coalition government.

July 28, 2010 1:01 pm 3 Comments

They say a stressful holiday can test the sturdiest of marriages. And so it is with the coalition’s odd betrothal. In their mission to wrap India’s booming economy and Britain’s need to export more into two mutually stabilising coils of DNA, yet more internal debate has been fomented, this time over skilled migration. Vince Cable [...]

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.

May 7, 2010 10:44 pm 6 Comments

As Ken Clarke hints at a Cabinet position for Vince Cable and a possible deferrment of the Tories plans to cut the deficit, Faisal Islam asks: is this the shape of the Con-Lib alliance?

April 14, 2010 10:02 pm No Comments

If the election was a prize for fiscal candour, the Liberal Democrats might actually win, blogs Faisal Islam.

March 30, 2010 6:56 pm No Comments

About five minutes after Channel 4's Ask the Chancellors debate had ended, Britain's first ever "spin room" was invaded by a phalanx of sharp-suited Conservatives, blogs Faisal Islam.