Archive for the 'economy' Category
Labour says criticism by IFS thinktank on cuts is misleading
Yazan: Sara | 25 August 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Labour, economy
I’m no economist. I’m not going to get into micro-analysis of the Budget or today’s IFS report. But I think those Labour supporters jumping to proclaim the general wonderfulness of the IFS, should remember what they thought of the IFS when they were in government.
A Major chance for Gordon?
Yazan: Sara | 01 March 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: Conservatives, Labour, economy
So the Tories haven’t sealed the deal yet. There seems to be a great deal of puzzlement as to why HM Official Opposition isn’t gliding gracefully into the role of HM Government, most of all from the Conservatives themselves. Even Labour seem confused. Some believe that the Conservatives have been only too ready to sit [...]
The George giveth and the George taketh away
Yazan: Sara | 15 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Conservatives, economy
The papers give a big fanfare to George Osborne’s announcement that he will cut the benefits paid to the middle classes, by removing tax credits for people earning over £50,000, and stopping Child Trust Funds for all but the poorest third of families. The Daily Mail gives the total amount saved by these changes as [...]
R4's new 'I'm the Chancellor' slot
Yazan: sarabedford | 30 June 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown, economy
Yesterday’s Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme saw Thought for the Day followed by a new slot – ‘I’m the Chancellor’. Yesterday the slot was filled by Peter Mandelson, who announced that the Comprehensive Spending Review would be postponed until after the next General Election. Mandelson said that he “believed that the Chancellor has made that judgement”, [...]
Am I qualified to be a bank director?
Yazan: sarabedford | 11 February 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: economy
According to the four bankers grilled before the Treasury Select Committee yesterday, none of them held any formal banking qualifications. Can I therefore put myself forward with my Chartered Institute of Bankers qualification – and a lot more political nous that that lot put together?
If a chef can't support what comes out of his kitchens, who can?
Yazan: sarabedford | 09 February 2009 | No Comments
Categories: economy
I’ve got nothing against celebrity chefs. In fact, Matt Tebbut can come and cook for me anytime. But although I’m more of a Market Kitchen girl than a Ready Steady Cook fan, I’ve got nothing against Antony Worrall Thompson – except that he’s an opponent of the smoking ban and once fancied himself as the [...]
Vince makes sense – again!
Yazan: sarabedford | 09 January 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Vince Cable, economy
Vince Cable: The danger now is of deepening recession mutating into deflation This article first appeared in The Independent, 8th January 2009. Four months ago, in September, the Bank of England was debating whether to increase interest rates beyond 5 per cent to counter mounting inflation. There were people who thought that crude oil, then [...]
