Economic austerity

Spain is on the brink of a third election in just over 12 months after acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy lost [...]

Following the Brexit vote, normal service seems to have resumed. A key question in economic policy since the General [...]

One of the great paradoxes of this era of globalisation is the narrowing of many Western minds about the world [...]

Before the referendum, George Osborne claimed a Brexit vote would require an emergency Budget of tax hikes and [...]

On the face of it, the Brexiteers have a bit of explaining to do. [...]

Consumer spending will continue to be the main driver of the economy this year, though if business investment [...]

Londoners, take note - there's going to be another huge anti-austerity march in the capital this weekend, with [...]

In economics there are few unrelated events, so Britain’s whopping current account deficit (seven per cent of [...]

Speak to any fund manager about their interest in peer-to-peer lending, and they all say the same: “it really [...]

Approval ratings for government cuts are at their lowest level in years, according to data from YouGov released [...]

You can't please all of the people all of the time. And if you're a politician, you're probably used to pleasing [...]

The rumour mill is churning. Will George Osborne ease up on businesses in today’s Budget? Companies have shouldered [...]

Negative interest rates creeping into economies around the world have “insidious” effects which is the world [...]

The troubled performance of credit and equity markets in the last six months suggests the chance of an imminent [...]

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has today slammed the idea that economic austerity is a necessity, calling it [...]