3:53pm

OBR hits back at Cameron over austerity

Watchdog rebukes PM for saying it backed view that austerity not to blame on growth

11:09am

Construction output plunges in January

Fall of 8% underlines sector’s struggle to recover from crisis

12:01am

Hiring drops amid uncertainty

Starting salaries rise to 17-month high, survey shows

11:59pm

Women’s labour market progress stalls

UK lags behind global rivals in narrowing workplace inequality

From WORLD 11:59pm

Women opt to work longer as pension age rises

Increasing state pension age for women has led to more older men working

Martin Wolf from COMMENT 6:24pm

The man at Number 10 is not for turning

If the British government’s plan is working, what would a failing one look like?

From WORLD 5:41pm

Pace of social change slows

Less change seen over the past decade than in any previous period

From WORLD Mar 7, 2013

There is no alternative, says Cameron

PM invokes Lady Thatcher in rejecting calls to change economic course

From WORLD Mar 7, 2013

BoE decides against further QE

Gilt-buying and rates held against hopes MPC would take action

Mar 7, 2013

Johnson launches ‘Crossrail for bikes’

15-mile London route part of £913m project

Mar 7, 2013

Poor data lead to cut in growth forecasts

BCC downgrades outlook for 2013 from 1% to 0.6%

From WORLD Mar 6, 2013

Study recommends bigger cull of deer

Fast rising numbers of the animal are damaging British forests

From WORLD Mar 6, 2013

Osborne to hand Carney more powers

Forthcoming Budget to usher in looser monetary policy

From WORLD Mar 6, 2013

Brazil visa crackdown plan fuels trade fears

Mismatch between clampdown on immigration and call to compete in the ‘global race’

From WORLD Mar 6, 2013

Cable questions chancellor’s Plan A

Time may have come to increase borrowing

From WORLD Mar 6, 2013

National Trust warns on planning reform war

Councils failing to meet deadline on development plans

Mar 6, 2013

Pain of public sector job cuts widespread

Southwest England suffers most with 11% fall in jobs

Mar 5, 2013

OECD discourages tax breaks for pensions

Subsidies to low earners should be offered, says report

Mar 5, 2013

Services data allay fears on economy

PMI figures lessen chances of more quantitative easing

From WORLD Mar 4, 2013

Coalition plans push to revive housing

Cameron and Clegg draw up measures to boost sector

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