s league table of living standards, falling to sixth after being overtaken by Austria and Germany, the European Union's statistical body said. With high inflation eroding spending power in Britain, Eurostat said actual individual consumption (AIC) per head dropped from 120% of the EU average in 2010 to 118% in 2011. Living standards in the UK have been hit since the onset of recession in 2008 by higher...
s tax regime is viewed by many companies – such as Amazon – as more appealing than Britain...
s many academic niches. And you might get a weekend in Poundbury The speciality niches of northern universities are always fascinating and have brought great prosperity and lively newcomers to our three regions time out of mind. The most famous examples have been in the sciences, manufacturing, art and literature but there are other nooks of expertise which still have the power to surprise. I remember...
At a meeting with eurozone finance ministers, the director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, spells out plans for more centralised economic control in the 17 countries using the single currency ...
s new president, François Hollande, being sworn in in Paris as Monsieur Growth and rushing off on his first assignment to challenge Europe's Frau Austerity, Chancellor Angela Merkel. "We need new solutions. Everything's on the table," Hollande pledged, meaning he would force Merkel to remove the noseclip and consider things that give off a foul odour in Berlin, foremost among them eurobonds – Germany...