Browsing All posts tagged under »Alistair Darling«

NIESR chief criticises Osborne’s austerity programme

February 3, 2012

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written for New Statesman by Robert Pollard Chancellor’s obsession with spending cuts could cause ‘lasting damage’ to UK economy. The fears of those who feel the government’s economic policy is flawed have been echoed by the director of the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR). Jonathan Portes, who served in the Cabinet Office […]

Darling leads criticism of Goodwin decision

February 3, 2012

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written for New Statesman – words by Robert Pollard Former Labour Chancellor disapproves of government move. The decision to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood has been criticised by former Chancellor Alistair Darling, who described the move as “tawdry” and taken “on a whim”. Darling led a chorus of discontent from various high-profile figures who […]

Time For A Change?

July 28, 2011

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words by Robert Pollard  The current economic strategy being implemented by George Osborne came under further scrutiny this week after Britain’s latest set of growth figures made for very depressing reading. Mr Osborne’s dogmatic insistence that austerity measures are the only remedy for our economic woes looks increasingly ill-judged after figures for the second quarter […]

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