It turns out that New Labour was just like Old Labour after all
On the day recession was confirmed and sterling fell sharply, this from George Osborne: "Once again, under Labour, the pound… Read more »
Families will pay for Labour’s failure to prepare, warns George Osborne
As GDP figures show Britain’s economy contracted by 0.5% in the last quarter, George Osborne has atacked the government for… Read more »
Back to the real issues at PMQs?
Tim Montgomerie writes: The Westminster village loved yesterday. After weeks of heavy economics stories they could get back to what… Read more »
The indispensable George Osborne
Not a great day for George Osborne. The allegations about what he and CCHQ CEO Andrew Feldman said to Russia’s… Read more »
David Cameron rules out fiscal stimulus to beat recession
David Cameron has just used an interview on Radio 4’s Today programme to reject any big change in Conservative economic… Read more »
David Cameron calls for six month VAT breathing space for small businesses
In his article for The Observer the Conservative leader starts what he promises will be a number of policy announcements… Read more »
Can you suggest an economic one-liner for David Cameron?
Pete Hoskin over at Coffee House is suggesting that Labour is cornering the market in one line explanations of the… Read more »
Blogosphere’s reaction to David Cameron’s economy responsibility speech
Iain Dale: "I think this speech struck the right balance, It wasn’t heavy on detail on the issue of what… Read more »
They make a desert and call it stability*
Alan S asked this question yesterday after we called for boldness on economic policy: "One question for conservativehome: Does boldness… Read more »
Two cheers for David Cameron’s economic responsibility speech
David Cameron is scheduled to get to his feet at this time and deliver a major speech entitled The Conservative… Read more »
A time for boldness and truth-telling
Tomorrow morning David Cameron will deliver a big speech on the economy. The very fact of it was subject to… Read more »
Beat recession with 2% interest rates urges John Redwood
We must fight recession is the increasingly urgent message that John Redwood is sending to the readers of his essential… Read more »
Scottish Tories claim “romantic dream of independence [has] crashed to the ground”
Has the economic crisis scuppered Alex Salmond’s ambitions to break up the United Kingdom? The Telegraph’s Alan Cochrane and Scottish… Read more »
“I want us to do even more to encourage the risk takers”
That was Gordon Brown in 2004 talking about the City. A contact has also unearthed some other quotations that might… Read more »
Tories prepare ‘Brown rescued the banks but not the real economy’ message
Last night ConservativeHome received a briefing on Tory thinking on the current crisis and next steps. The main message that… Read more »