Public Debt

Osborne Debt Plans Hit By Poor Borrowing Figures

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.11.2012 | UK

Chancellor George Osborne's deficit reduction plans were dealt a blow on Wednesday after figures showed public borrowing not decreasing as the governm...

Debt, Grinding Debt

Peter Kellow | Posted 23.11.2012 | UK Politics
Peter Kellow

Debt is hardly something new and what it does to a life are not new either. Emerson, as a socially concerned person in 1936, understood it well and expressed in a way that feels powerfully close to us today.

Osborne 'Will Fail To Stop Rise In Public Debt'

Posted 27.10.2012 | UK Politics

The government is "most unlikely" to meet its target to eliminate Britain's structural deficit by 2015, a think-tank has warned. Chancellor George ...

Public Sector Pensions Cost... What?

Posted 11.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The taxpayer's total liability for funding public sector pensions has hit £1.1 trillion, according to new official figures. T...