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Credit Crunch, Economic Recession and Euro Zone Crisis....

  1. Click here for BBC Financial Glossary  
  2. Click here for What's behind the Credit Crunch
  3. Click here for Timeline Sub Prime Problems
  4. Click here for Bank of England support to Northern Rock
  5. Click here for more on Northern Rock
  6. Click here for Cameron on Northern Rock
  7. Click here for 2007-8 Pre-budget report
  8. Click here for inheritance tax
  9. Click here for Chancellor's year to forget
  10. Click here for timeline of Sub Prime losses
  11. Click here for the credit crunch one year on
  12. Click here for the transition from credit crunch to economic downturn
  13. Click here for From credit crunch to global recession...very good
  14. Click here for the Global Economy...more up to date...also very good
  15. Click here for EU referenda
  16. Click here for a student's essay on the credit crunch
  17. Click here for Budget 2008
  18. Click here for Budget 2009
  19. Click here for 2009 Pre Budget Report for Budget 2010
  20. Click here for Quantitative Easing May 2009
  21. Click here for more information on quantitative easing
  22. Click here for March Budget 2010
  23. Click here for June Budget 2010
  24. Click here for Stephanie Flanders' analysis of June 2010 budget
  25. Click here for Economy Tracker: Growth, unemployment, inflation, interest rates
  26. Click here for UK unemployment trends
  27. Click here  for inflation trends
  28. Click here for most recent UK economic growth data
  29. Click here for detailed speech by Martin Weale on the nature of the UK recession
  30. Click here for UK budget deficits as a proportion of GDP
  31. Click here for Budget 2011
  32. Click here for economic data and Budget 2011
  33. Click here for Nick Robinson's Blog
  34. Click here for Paul Mason's Blog
  35. Click here for Robert Peston's Blog
  36. Click here for Stephanie Flanders' archived articles back to 2009
  37. Click here for more recent Stephanie Flanders articles
  38. Click here for William Keegan's Observer articles [700+]
  39. Click here for Larry Elliot's Guardian Articles [4550+]
  40. Click here for recent Larry Elliot recent Guardian Videos   [about 20]
  41. Click here for David Blanchflower's  New Statesman articles
  42. Click here for Left Foot Forward
  43. Click here for BBC time line of Euro Crisis
  44. Click here for BBC item on whether the Euro is about to capsize....with several other useful links
  45. Click here for BBC coverage of the 2011 Autumn Statement
  46. Click here for IFS analysis of the Autumn Statement...with links to many other IFS publications
  47. Click here for the IFS analysis of the Public Finances 1997-2010
  48. Click here for BBC coverage of downgrading of Hungary's credit rating
  49. Click here for BBC coverage of more downgrading [including France]
  50. Click here for Channel 4 News UK Economy section
  51. Click here for Channel 4 News Special Report: Economy : From Crash to Cuts
  52. Click here and here and here and here for BBC recent coverage [Dec2011-Jan 2012] coverage of the Euro Crisis
  53. Click here and here for recent Guardian coverage of Greek bailout [Feb 2012]
  54. Click here for recent BBC coverage of Greek bailout [Feb 2012]
  55. Click here for Guardian on Financial crisis/Credit Crunch/Economic Recession [Several thousand articles]
  56. Click here for Evan Davis on Plan A versus Plan B
  57. Click here and here for threats to UK credit rating
  58. Click here for unemployment trends 1984-2012
  59. Click here for ONS You Tube Podcasts on Unemployment
  60. Click here for Budget 2012 from the BBC
  61. Click here and here and here for BBC coverage of replacement  of the 50p tax rate by a 45p rate  in 2013-14
  62. Click here for BBC coverage of increased numbers entering the 40 P tax bracket
  63. Click here for Guardian coverage of 2012 Budget
  64. Click here for Polly Toynbee's very critical view of Budget 2012
  65. Click here for Robert Skidelsky on George Osborne
  66. Click here for BBC coverage of March 2012 downward revision 2011 [Q4] GDP data
  67. Click here for Guardian coverage of UK double-dip recession April 25th 2012

 

The Credit Crunch, The Economic Recession  and Social Policy

 

  1. Click here for Guardian Coverage of Poverty [1700+ items]
  2. Click here for Guardian Coverage of Welfare Reform [1700+ articles]
  3. Click here for BBC coverage of Welfare Reform Bill  with links to further items
  4. Click here   for IFS predictions of increased poverty
  5. Click here for Archbishop of Canterbury against Coalition Welfare Cuts
  6. Click here for IDS on Child Poverty
  7. Click here for BBC on impact of changes to state pension up rating details
  8. Click here for Guardian Special Report on Urban Riots
  9. Click here for BBC coverage of urban riots
  10. Click here for some further information on the riots
  11. Click here for BBC on David Cameron and "problem families"
  12. Click here and here and here for BBC coverage of welfare reform issues
  13. Click here and here and here for further BBC coverage of welfare reform issues
  14. Click here for Channel 4 News Welfare section
  15. Click here for Guardian coverage of Lib Dem proposal to increase income tax threshold to £10,000