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  • 13 May 2013
    £30bn infrastructure spend could boost growth and reduce long-term debt levels

    Investing £30bn in infrastructure would boost short term growth and increase the UK's long term economic output, according to new research from the TUC and NIESR.

  • 9 May 2013
    UK 24th out of 33 in economic recovery, says new report

    The UK is experiencing a slower economic recovery than 23 of the 33 advanced economies monitored by theIMF, according to new analysis published by the TUC.

  • 1 May 2013
    TUC campaign to make case for radical economic reform

    The TUC has put forward five key priorities for the next two years in its campaign plan published today (1May).

  • 18 Feb 2013
    UK second last among G7 countries in 'global race' for export growth

    The UK has experienced the second slowest export growth of all G7 countries since 2010, with only Japan faring worse, the TUC says.

  • 28 Jan 2013
    A sustainable approach to growth is needed, say Greens

    Investment in sustainable industries is vital in the wake of last week's economic statistics, which further underline the stagnation of the UK economy.

  • 31 Dec 2012
    The two donkeys and David Cameron's New Year message

    Quaker Meetings are not hotbeds of the competitive instinct and in most Meeting Houses you will probably find a poster depicting two donkeys tethered to each other, straining in opposite directions to reach bundles of hay. In the second frame, the animals have realised the futility of their actions and are standing side by side munching contentedly from the same manger. 'Co-operation is better than conflict' is the caption.

  • 13 Dec 2011
    Low growth: opportunity or threat?

    Low growth offers us the opportunity to re-assess our values, says Jill Segger. She suggests that this may be the time to question consumer orthodoxies and to consider a more just and rational use of resources.

  • 30 Oct 2011
    G20: Thinking beyond growth

    It’s the G20 in Cannes this week. You’ve got to love the French for putting the summit in one of the most glamorous towns on the Cote d’Azur, but I suppose they’re versed in security down there, what with the film festival and all. I expect it’s pretty similar logistics ensuring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt can move safely from uber-yacht to La Croisette to the Carlton Hotel, as it will be for the 20 wealthiest nation heads of state to shuffle to the convention centre.

  • 19 Nov 2007
    Economic growth and solutions to climate change ~ are they compatible?

    Are solutions to climate change being hijacked by the pervading pro-economic growth mindset of our time?