by Duncan Weldon

OBR head Robert Chote has written to David Cameron disputing a claim he made in yesterday’s major speech on the economy.

As Chote writes, the PM claimed yesterday that…

by Guest

When is inflation not called inflation? Answer, according to Mr Carney, when it’s dressed with the words, ‘Targeting Growth’. In fact it’s impossible to create growth through inflation in the long run.

In the short, you’ll get growth for one year, then the money is worth less, which wipes the growth out, so you have to generate more inflation to get another burst of growth, which is wiped out again.

by Sunny Hundal

Our politics is increasingly fascinated by who says something rather than the contents of what they’re saying.

For example, Republicans openly admit that they are less likely to support legislation if President Obama lobbies hard for it. This, paradoxically, means Obama is able to get most support on issues where he says very little in public.

by Guest

I am not often filled with rage but earlier this week I attended a screening of ‘Banaz: a Love Story’ directed by the Human Rights activist, Deeyah, and I felt such frustration and anger.

We hear statistics about the numbers of young people, mainly women, experiencing so-called ‘honour’ based violence and oppression but watching this young woman, who was eventually murdered by her family members, gave a stark insight into the horror of what these young people, mainly women, are enduring on a daily basis.

by Duncan Weldon

Earlier this week I blogged on the growing calls for the Chancellor to launch a capital spending stimulus, funded by additional borrowing, at the Budget that is now less than two weeks away.

by Sunny Hundal

“Most of what we’ve been saying about immigration for the last 40 years has backfired, and not worked for us,” said our American host quite bluntly. We were sitting around a table where the new offices of British Future would later be.

A group of Americans campaigners had come over to explain why, despite millions of dollars worth of lobbying, their debate on immigration remained negative and unfruitful.

by Salman Shaheen

Hugo Chavez took on imperialism, he stood up to George W. Bush and he fought poverty, but one battle he could not win was against cancer.

As Venezuela enters a period of mourning for their President, Chavez leaves behind a nation divided.

by Chris Naden

It is a truism of politics, oft-cited by Jonathan Bernstein, that activists and politicians always feel the opposition are better organised and less principled than themselves. In that spirit we should perhaps not be surprised at left-wing frustration over the long-vaunted, rarely-seen ‘moral’ (read reactionary) majority that drives so much of our national discourse on [...]

by Guest

Benefit tourism is another right-wing myth that satisfies the worst of tabloid prejudices.

We must challenge these assumptions if we hope the influence the debate.

by Guest

We often obsess about regulatory battles and high politics when considering how to curtail the excesses of big financial institutions.

But one of the biggest sources of power for the financial sector is simply the poor state of financial education among everyday citizens.

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