Economics
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 weeks ago
International Monetary Fund officials arrive in London Wednesday for their annual health check of Britain's economy as the government faces a fresh warning its austerity drive is causing a "lost decade of growth".
Economics
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
Voters are less likely to back the government's core economic policies when they are told they come from George Osborne, a poll revealed as the Tory party chairman, Grant Shapps, rounded on the business secretary, Vince Cable, for mixing up his duties as a politician with his desire to be a commentator.
UK
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
Vicky Pryce, jailed alongside her former husband, Chris Huhne, for falsely taking the penalty for a speeding offence he committed a decade ago, has yet to decide whether she will appeal against her eight-month sentence, her lawyers have said.
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UK
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
Chris Huhne and his former wife, Vicky Pryce, have both received an eight-month jail term for perverting the course of justice after a decade-old arrangement to avoid a driving ban was exposed by a bitter saga of revenge and recrimination following the collapse of their marriage.
UK
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
A newly optimistic Nick Clegg, following the party's success in the Eastleigh byelection, said the Liberal Democrats have moved from being a protest party to the anchor that will deliver centre-ground governments committed to both a strong economy and a fairer society.
UK
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
George Osborne made one thing crystal clear in his first speech as chancellor of the exchequer on 17 May 2010. Under his stewardship of the economy, there would be no more fiddling of the figures, no more hoodwinking the public about the true state of the nation's finances.
UK
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have suffered a double blow as Nigel Farage's UK independence party soared to 17% in the latest Opinium/Observer poll, and a large majority of voters have said they believe coalition economic policies are harming the country.
UK
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
Political divisions over continuing austerity widened as the business secretary, Vince Cable, warned David Cameron that very serious damage will be done to British industry if the prime minister continues to insist only some departments will be subject to spending cuts .
UK
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
David Cameron and Nick Clegg slapped down a call by Vince Cable for increased government borrowing to fund capital investment as they both warned of the dangers of pushing up interest rates.
UK
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
The coalition's carefully prepared strategy to present a united front in the runup to the budget has been thrown into disarray after Vince Cable questioned George Osborne's "plan A" economic programme.