The UK has lost its AAA credit rating, with Moody’s cutting the rating to AA1. This is the first time the UK has had its rating downgraded since 1978, and as a result of expected “sluggish” growth over the coming years.
Political economist Hugo Radice is a Life Fellow at the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds. He spoke to NLP’s Alex Doherty on the decline in confidence in the coalition’s economic policy.
The family rules introduced by the UK government as part of its crusade to curb net migration are surreptitiously redefining the meaning of citizenship and the boundaries between the state and its subjects, says Nando Sigona.
The Scottish government has drawn up detailed plans outlining the stages of transition to independence after a “yes” vote on the 2014 referendum.
While Germany and France were celebrating 50 years of European successes, David Cameron outlined a much more pessimistic vision of the future of the Union, further underlining, if proof were needed, fundamentally different approaches to the European project. Can these two perspectives ever be reconciled?