Budget: employment initiatives fail to convince

The unenviable task of delivering a budget in the context of the worst global downturn since the 1930s fell to Alastair Darling on Wednesday 22 nd April. Addressing the Commons some three hours after the publication of the worst set of unemployment figures for twelve years, he claimed that the UK economy would contract by 3.5% this...

Thursday, 23 April 2009

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Budget: employment initiatives fail to convince

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