This talk about the minimum wage reflects the Tories’ growing optimism about the recovery

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Ahem. Remember when I said, about ten days ago, that it’s worth keeping an eye… Read more »

The number of households without work is at the lowest since records began – how can we drive it down further?

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. The latest ONS report on employment looks at the number of working and workless households. It's… Read more »

Is there anyone left who still supports HS2?

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Things just keep getting worse and worse for HS2. After the IEA's cost warning, the revised… Read more »

The battle lines have been drawn over the minimum wage – but will the battle ever be fought?

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter One of the most intriguing political stories in today’s papers is tucked away on page… Read more »

Let’s look ahead to the Autumn Statement – it could be the first of a new breed

By Peter Hoskin Follow Peter on Twitter The dead space of summer is the time for casting forward to the future. What… Read more »

Please, Chancellor, don’t be tempted to extend Help to Buy in the Tory manifesto

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Reading the papers, this week, has been like running into a brick wall. There are… Read more »

Help to Buy isn’t just one scheme – it’s two very different things

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. The Treasury's Help To Buy scheme, which will guarantee billions of pounds worth of mortgages, has… Read more »

Carney’s new focus on unemployment may be well-intentioned, but it neglects the danger and evils of inflation

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Mark Carney's first major announcement as Governor of the Bank of England contains the kind of… Read more »

British workers have done their bit for recovery, now British capitalists must do the same

The news that the British economy is growing again did not please everyone. Left-leaning economic commentators tried, but failed, to… Read more »

What type of growth does George Osborne want? The risky hare, or the reliable tortoise?

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. As I wrote yesterday, 0.6% growth is good news, but it must be handled carefully by… Read more »

0.6% growth is good news – but we should be careful about how we use it politically

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. More good economic news for the Chancellor, following last week's labour market statistics: the UK economy… Read more »

Good news for the Government in the new labour market statistics

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. The latest labour market statistics from the ONS contains five key pieces of good news for… Read more »

George Osborne, the best political strategist we’ve got. (Indeed, the only one we’ve got.)

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Yesterday, Mark Wallace set out in detail on this site George Osborne's patchy record… Read more »

Was the Spending Review worth the effort, when it is the economy right now that demands our attention?

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. Today, the great Spending Review circus comes to a close – the custard pies have been… Read more »

At last, the prospect of getting some taxpayers’ money back for our bank stake

By Mark WallaceFollow Mark on Twitter. According to the Chancellor's Mansion House speech, the Lloyds sell-off could start within a few months… Read more »