Masters of tiki-taka.
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Highly inventive and offering myriad routes to goal, tiki taka is the kind of approach to innovation and wealth creation the UK must take.
Undynamic and uncompetitive?
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A look at the reality of Britain’s economy and the benefits that EU membership has brought
George Osborne detailing some of the cuts to come.
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The UK is witnessing its biggest cull of public sector jobs in half a century and hundreds of thousands of workers must make the transition to the private sector.
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Ice cream and BBQ sales may rise when the weather’s good, but it’s mostly at the expense of other, cold weather, items.
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A powerful weapon against inequality that has been largely ignored in the UK is the collectively-owned social wealth fund.
Not just for the workless.
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MPs will vote Monday on a welfare bill which imagines a world where work is a gilded path away from poverty.
Logjam: a third runway at Heathrow will up capacity.
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The key consideration for a new airport is ultimately market demand – what do customers want. And airport customers (airlines) want a Heathrow hub.
A shining example. No, really.
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Transport for London leads the way globally as an effective transport authority.
Cracking down on bad behaviour.
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More than just a piece of clever rhetoric, the government is making genuine changes to regulating the financial services industry.
Value for money?
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Ultimately, RBS is better off out of government hands and the decision to sell is the best option available.
Making a risky promise.
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Osborne’s experience as chancellor from 2010-2015 should have taught him that he can’t directly control the deficit or surplus.
Working one day, gone the next.
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The government’s commitment to boosting employment is undermined by the proliferation of harsh and insecure temporary jobs with no long-term prospects.
Time to pick up the pace.
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Manufacturing has a bad rep in the UK. But it’s far from dead and has a key role to play in reviving growth and rebalancing the economy.
Down but not out.
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The UK has slipped into deflation for the first time since 1960. Here’s why it’s unlikely to stay for long.
‘If we could just perk things up a bit.’
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The economic challenges ahead for the new Conservative government.
Expect more of the same.
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Britain is divided with the SNP landslide in Scotland and Conservative majority in England – and their economic policies are polar opposites.
Many Britons can’t afford more than one pair of shoes.
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The latest data for UK living standards shows how they have fallen for all, except the wealthiest members of society.
Chutzpah in action.
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The latest GDP figures for the UK economy are cause for concern. This is bad news for the Conservatives who are campaigning on their economic record.
Staff should be at the centre of NHS reforms.
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Management and financial performance measures are only a small part of the story of how we maintain the NHS.
Foodbank volunteers have their hands full with demand on the rise.
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Research into the rise of food banks and their usage shows they are entirely linked to demand and not supply.