A hollow budget
This budget has no strategy or philosophy
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Osborne was wrong
Despite what the chancellor says, the global economic slump is not his main problem -
Shrinking the City
Adair Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, tells Prospect that European weakness threatens Britain’s banks. We can make them safer, but not safe -
George Osborne’s night at the theatre
Heads were turned at the Apollo Theatre in London recently, when Helena Bonham-Carter took her seat for Jez Butterworth’s anarchist play Jerusalem. The hit production follows the fate of Johnny “Rooster” Byron, a British squatter and small-time drug-dealer who fights the prospect of eviction by the local authorities. So it... -
Goodbye to the good life
Even if the economy improves, living standards may not -
Interview: Vince Cable
The Lib Dem minister would have preferred to govern without George Osborne. He talks to James Macintyre about coalition rifts over tax, banking and Europe -
Investment
How do you cope with the risks of saving for a pension? -
Osborne’s dogmatism
George Osborne’s economic dogmatism makes an error: public spending is not part of the problem—it’s part of the solution -
Economy class: public or private?
The Tories blame a bloated public sector for economic stagnation in parts of Britain—but the private sector won’t automatically step in -
Make them work longer
Public-sector workers must retire later. It’s the fairest way to cut the deficit
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