The latest figures have shown that unemployment increased by 23,000 to 2.47 million during the last quarter of 2010. The unemployment rate was 7.9% up from 7.8% from the previous quarter up to January. The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance fell by 30,900 in May to 1.48 million. Unemployment did ...
Image is everything, or so the saying goes. In the run-up to the General Election, it seems to be becoming more important than ever in the world of British politics. Increasingly, there are three ways in which image is being presented: in the speeches of the party leaders; in the campaign posters and slogans; and in the context of family life…
With an election announced on May 6, recent opinion polls suggest a narrowing of the gap between the Conservatives and Labour. The latest surveys put the conservatives on 5-7 points ahead of Labour. This is important because the electoral system favours the governing party at the moment, with odd boundary divisions meaning it tends to take far more voters to elect a Tory MP than a Labour MP…
Ah, the distinct sound of headless chickens running about the coop. By that, I mean journalists. There is talk among the Fleet Street set of a looming hung parliament, which will mire the markets in uncertainty, bringing about a collapse in the pound and the early onset of Doomsday…
Alistair Darling, George Osborne and Vince Cable; no preparation; little talk of economics; and too much agreement – bring on the party leaders….
Mussolini, the fierce Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party, inherited a weak economic system when he came to power. Italy had very few, and a limited supply of raw materials, there was an industrialising North with modernising agriculture, and a more backward South…
The originally sceptical idea of a global bank tax included taxes on remuneration as well as taxes on profit. Gordon Brown was the main supporter of the idea and ignited the interest that’s being shown by so many now…
Both countries are in problems, one affecting a continent, one affecting the world. One has come up with a good recovery plan and the other continues with what it was previously doing. So, who is next?
The budget has put many people into suspense in Britain. The budget is very important for the common man or woman; it is something that will affect everyone in Britain. The budget has received a lot of media coverage, partly due to the budget being so close to the election date, which was also published lately…
Have you noticed the sudden increase in number of commercials encouraging individuals to trade in their “unwanted gold jewellery for cash”? The basic explanation for this is that gold prices have recently hit historic highs…
Waving their nation’s flag of simple green proudly, the crowd anticipated the return of the one they came to see. Men defied the Arabian heat and continued to wipe their sticky, wet brows. The women, despite the humidity, wore full length robes, excitedly talking with one another…
In a recent interview with Prospect magazine, Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), proposed that the UK introduce Tobin taxes – a tax imposed on …
Banks, Food and Sky: do they cover the main ingredients for a flourishing economy and the good society?
Why is Google so generous, giving out so much cool free stuff? I have a simple theory, based on the concept on double marginalization…
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