July 2011
IoD: Wales feels like it’s back in recession
The head of the Institute of Directors in Wales says that though we're not back in recession, with the dismal growth we’ve seen “it might feel as though we are”.
Public more concerned than not about cuts, jobs and prices
With this morning's growth figures undewhelming at best, the latest Populus poll on public concerns makes for more grim reading for the chancellor.
The Right’s prescription of more of the same ignores the evidence
Just as it is becoming clearer that Osbornomics doesn’t work, Tory think tanks are pushing for even more of the same, writes the TUC’s Nicola Smith.
Dismal growth figures leave many parts of Britain languishing in the deep freeze
Three consecutive quarters of negligible growth has left the economy as a whole flatlining; however, some parts of the country are left suffering more than others.
Glenn Beck’s sickening “Hitler Youth” jibe has come as no surprise
The shocking insensitivity of Glenn Beck’s “Hitler Youth” attack on the Utoya Island terror victims will come as no surprise to regular followers of his remarks.
Low growth implications for living standards particularly bleak
In the aftermath of such a deep fall in output the implications of today’s growth figures for real trends in living standards are particularly bleak.