Whatever about the disputes over facilitating the passage of the Finance Bill, what people want to know is what parties are going to do about it when they get into office. And this is where progressives can stop feuding with each other and get the debate back to where it belongs - showing how Budget [...]

Over on Progressive Economy Michael Taft says that progressives need to unite around a common analysis and respond to what appears to be the aspirational nature of many of our demands. Or as he put’s it:
“…to call for all manner of good things without specifying where we are going to source the money: why should [...]

IBEC’s recent quarterly review should give us pause. They are one of the few groups who attempt to project economic growth up to 2013 - and the numbers are not inspiring. They suggest that Government projections are wholly optimistic and that, on current trends, the 2013 target date to bring our public finances into order [...]

Over on progressive economy, Sli Eile provides an excellent run down from a progressive point of view of the former Swedish Minister for Finance, Jen Henriksson’s Ten Lessons about Budget Consolidation which is now broadly seen as the panacea to cure all recessionary ills. In looking at Henriksson’s advice Sli Eile points out that the [...]