The Maslin Memo

Just over a week ago, the FT reported that corporations across the world were sitting on record amounts of cash. By the end of 2012, the ...

Few can doubt that Labour's Cost Of Living Crisis Campaign is making headway following George Osborne's volte-face on the Minimum W...

It must be fair to say that the Coalition Government's Welfare Reform policy has encountered some difficulties over the last few months...

Today George Osborne announced that further cuts of £25bn will be made to the Welfare bill after the next election. Paul Johnstone of the I...

Enough time has now passed for there to have been much sober analysis of George Osborne's Autumn Statement. One thing I must confess th...

Welfare goes up in recessions as the so-called automatic stabilisers kick in to protect the poorest from increased deprivation. Indeed the ...

Over the last few months the tide of economic reporting in the media seems to have changed. Stagnation and flatlining are out as recovery a...