Labour accused of planning to ‘spend less than Thatcher’

Labour faced stinging claims yesterday that shadow chancellor Ed Balls’s commitment to cuts makes the Conservatives the party’s most natural coalit

Tories put Britain on the road to ruin

Tories torn apart in every direction as party unveils election poster

Osborne’s ‘recovery’ dealt a new blow

Chancellor George Osborne’s much vaunted “recovery” suffered another blow yesterday as a survey revealed growth in Britain’s manufacturing sector s

Doctors warn of difficulties providing a seven-day service

Doctors warned yesterday that plans to make the NHS a “seven-day” service risk spreading dwindling resources thinner unless more cash is found.

2015 – the year we will beat austerity

by Sam Fairbairn

Ebola outbreak fuelled by IMF’s obsession with debt

Neoliberal policies prioritising international debt repayment above social spending added fuel to the Ebola crisis, leading academics warned yester

Tories ‘would outlaw strikes and sink pay’

O’Grady issues stark new year’s warning

Ranks of social workers decimated

New study shows one in 10 posts are vacant

It’s official – libraries are to blame for the recession...

...and it is nothing to do with the banks, says Nick Matthews

Osborne’s deficit plans a ‘suicide note’