Pressure on Greece mounting...

May 26, 2012

The German interior minister, Hans-Peter Friedrich, has said that Germany is actually prepared to come to the aid of Greece but only if they agreed to help themselves by honouring the agreements set f...

Misleading figures do not sh...

May 25, 2012

This week David Miles, one of the members of the Monetary Policy Committee, addressed the Society of Business Economists stating that this recession is the worst of any within the past century. He con...

Weak construction sector bla...

May 24, 2012

In new figures being released by the ONS the recession is deeper than previously thought due to a weak construction sector. Previously it had been reported that the economy was down by 0.2pc but it ha...

As many as 2,000 government...

May 23, 2012

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, is set to announce that many government officials have been avoiding or minimizing tax by being paid off the Government books. In fact, dozens may hav...