Stephen Beer : Sept

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Fiscal targets explained...

What those deficit figures are about.

Labour deficit cutting - the £50bn question

Where the £50bn figure comes from.

Targets missed

The Coalition has missed its original fiscal targets significantly. Here is a look at the official forecasts from June 2010 and March 2014, ahead of the Autumn Statement this week.

The decline in real incomes continues

A depressing chart from the Office for National Statistics.

Is there any strategic defence thinking going on?

We were going to scrap more RAF planes...until the government realised it needed them.

Defence cuts...

Our air force is a lot smaller than it was - a lot smaller. Somewhat sobering.

GDP - a long way to catch up

Growing below trend.

UK productivity revised

Latest revisions but still a poor picture.