No Plan B – but a slower Plan A
The Chancellor tells our Economics Editor that to pull out of the austerity plan would be to plunge Britain back into “the financial danger zone” – so no Plan B, but maybe a slower Plan A.
Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam has left Channel 4 News. This is an archive of his blogs.
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The bankers bite back
Faisal Islam blogs from Davos on the day that the bankers fought back.
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Oil speculators, Russians and the death of free-market oil
Our Economics Editor reports from Davos on the news conference with the world’s oil giants.
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The German economy and a ‘Sputnik moment’ for British jobs
Faisal Islam blogs on the economic differences between the UK and Germany, on his way to the World Economic Forum at Davos.
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George Osborne runs the risk of a double-dip recession
Our Economics Editor writes that the GDP figures are much worse than expected – and could pave the way for Britain to enter the second stage of a double-dip recession
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Interest rates: where now for Government’s Plan B?
Faisal Islam blogs on the expected rise of interest rates, and asks where now for the Government’s Plan B?
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Price shock in Tunisia and the world economy
When Governments start to fall, perhaps the world will notice the economic background, writes Faisal Islam.
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Clegg’s alarm clock appeal contained an uncosted £11bn tax cut
Our Economics Editor looks at Nick Clegg’s reassurances to “alarm clock Britain” – and questions whether the promise of £700-a-year tax cuts by the end of the Parliament is as reliable as the Deputy Prime Minister makes out.
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Has Cameron not read the OBR’s obliteration of the fair fuel stabiliser?
The political nightmare of a choppy economy, rising VAT and spending cuts has been compounded by sharply rising oil and fuel prices.
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The Facebook bubble is down to QE2. Where will it end?
Our Economics Editor looks into the $50billion valuation of Facebook – and finds that UK-style quantitative easing is behind the company’s rapid growth.
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Birmingham in rubbish row
Mountains of bin bags and rats in the streets: angry residents in parts of Birmingham say their rubbish hasn’t been collected for almost a month.
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What do Lib Dem ministers really think of Cameron?
Secret recordings by undercover newspaper reporters reveal a Liberal Democrat minister saying the Chancellor “get’s up one’s nose” – Channel 4 News looks at the cracks in the Coalition.
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Difficult promises on poverty for the coalition
Faisal Islam blogs on the difficulties the coalition government faces with tackling poverty.
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Coalition cuts put nearly a million more into poverty
The number of people living in poverty in Britain is set to rise by almost a million by 2014. This includes 100,000 more children despite Government pledges to bring child poverty down.
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Despite Cable’s HBoS probe hint Britain needs banking catharsis
It says a lot, that we have learnt more about what brought down RBS from a US diplomatic cable leaked to an Australian than we have from British probes.
