UK Economic Recovery

Upward Revision to GDP Doesn't Hide Underlying Economic Problems

Jeremy Cook | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK
Jeremy Cook

Wednesday's figure has only really served to underline the general sloth of the UK economy and does nothing to change my expectation that the UK economy will grow by no more than 0.6% this year, which is hardly a cause for celebration.

Bailiff Legislation Is a Waste of Time - And a Mask

Eshaan Akbar | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK Politics
Eshaan Akbar

Enforcement law is notoriously complex, with powers differing on the debt in question and the types of creditors using enforcement officers.

Tory Economic Policy Is More Akin to a Mass Experiment in Human Despair

John Wight | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Politics
John Wight

We are living in the midst of an economic meltdown, which as the latest economic figures reveal is being made worse not better by a Chancellor whose incompetence and mendacity is now beyond doubt.

Families in Poverty? Make Childcare Tax Deductible

Ed Owen | Posted 18.08.2012 | UK Politics
Ed Owen

The Guardian yesterday published research that shows 3.6m households in the UK are a short step away from poverty, but one simple measure would help these families and boost the wider economy - make childcare tax-deductible.

Vickers Report: The UK's Banks are Committed to Meeting its Challenges

Angela Knight | Posted 12.11.2011 | UK Politics
Angela Knight

One of the things Sir John Vickers got absolutely right in his report on the banking industry - issued yesterday - was the scale of the regulatory reform that was already under way.

Osborne Concedes 'Longer And Harder' Recovery Ahead

PA | Posted 13.10.2011 | UK Politics

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Chancellor George Osborne has conceded that Britain's economic recovery will be "longer and harder" than hoped amid renewed turmo...

IMF: 'Bumpy And Uneven Recovery' Ahead If Growth Does Not Return

Press Association | Press Association | Posted 01.10.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Britain will have a "bumpy and uneven recovery" and ministers must be ready to change economic policy if growth and inflation do ...

House Prices Rise In Sign That Market Could Be Stabilising

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 27.09.2011 | UK

House prices rose by 0.2 per cent in July, according to figures from Nationwide. The survey paints an uncertain picture of the UK economy after dis...