Reshuffling and growth plans

The main news lead in The Guardian this morning carried the following sub-headline: “PM hopes major reshuffle allied to growth plan will boost coalition’s fortunes as parliament returns”.   My initial reaction was, to be honest, ‘some hope’. However, reading … Continue reading

Self building as a way forward

A recent Telegraph blog by Neil O’Brien pushed the idea of house building to make the economy move faster. Not a unique suggestion by any stretch of the imagination – Sue Marsh covered it in her blog post ‘Plan B’ … Continue reading

Should we be going for growth?

For some reason it seems that in every newspaper that I have looked at over the last few days there is somebody saying that Osborne should be going for growth.   Those of you who follow my meanderings will know … Continue reading

Plan B

So today, the Telegraph (of all papers) carries an article on IMF warnings to relax our austerity programme. They point out that:   “The IMF said that the British economy may not be able to cope with the scale of … Continue reading

Can we cope with zero growth?

By Rodney Willett 26 September 2011 We may well be entering a period where growth just doesn’t happen and I am wondering how people really feel about what that could mean. Here are a couple of questions which I hope … Continue reading