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• Steve Bell on David Cameron's rejection of call for royal commission on drugs

  Cartoon, 10 Dec 2012:

  Prime minister rules out proposal, arguing that drugs policies are already working

• Virgin Atlantic expands into Scotland as Branson looks to give up control

  10 Dec 2012: Airline's move into short-haul industry questioned by IAG boss Willie Walsh, while Virgin chief in talks to sell part of 51% stake

• Unemployment could rise by 200,000 in 2013, says thinktank

  10 Dec 2012: Despite recent falls, IPPR analysis points to bleak outlook, predicting more than a million young people among jobless

• Coalition tries to play down Vince Cable's warning of triple-dip recession

  9 Dec 2012: Both parties make light of business secretary's comment that third recession is 'certainly' and 'clearly' a risk

• Martin Rowson on George Osborne's economic vision – cartoon

  Cartoon, 9 Dec 2012:

  Austerity will force next government to consider 'close to inconceivable cuts' of up to 40%, says Institute for Fiscal Studies

• 'George Osborne demonised people who are out of work. That is wrong'

  9 Dec 2012:

  Vince Cable says the Tories still don't understand that they are alienating voters by failing to spread the pain of austerity

• The smirking axeman

  Cartoon, 9 Dec 2012:

  Chris Riddell on the chancellor's austere autumn statement

• Autumn statement: compassionate conservatism is now officially dead

  9 Dec 2012: Heather Stewart: The failure of the chancellor's economic strategy was visible to all. But it is the poisonous political calculations in Wednesday's speech that really stick in the throat

• Income tax: the good and bad news from the autumn statement

  7 Dec 2012:

  The chancellor said raising personal tax allowances will mean millions paying less – but it's not that simple

• Unthinkable? Power to the Potteries

  7 Dec 2012: Editorial: Britain would do well to follow Brazil's example and nominate a new capital at its centre. Why not Stoke?

• UK economy: the problem sectors

  7 Dec 2012: Manufacturing is down, construction is struggling, exporters are having a torrid time – and then there's the eurozone

• UK on triple-dip recession alert after industrial slowdown

  7 Dec 2012: PM says manufacturers need to learn lessons from Germany, after weak data from sector targeted by government for growth

• UK economy: the silver linings

  7 Dec 2012: High employment figures, resilient retail sales, rising demand for new cars and improving consumer confidence

• Why are the Tories laughing? Because they've got away with it yet again

  7 Dec 2012:

  Deborah Orr: However wrong things go for them – the election, phone-hacking, the economy – the Tories have an uncanny knack for spinning it to their advantage

• George Osborne needs positive forecasts to avoid triple-dip recession

  7 Dec 2012: With major obstacles to recovery remaining, the chancellor will be closely monitoring both economic and weather bulletins

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