A fresh start? Party leaders' new year messages

Issue of the day: Party leaders' new year messages

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IET urges govt to rebalance the economy with "strategic vision" for industry

Europe’s largest group of engineers is calling on the Government to ensure its forthcoming industrial strategy is developed on the basis of a strategic vision which sets out in the long term what it aims to achieve and why, rather than simply detailing ad-hoc policy actions.

CML: Gross mortgage lending at 11-month high in October

There are signs that the market weakness of recent months may be coming to an end, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. The CML's forward estimate is that total gross mortgage lending recovered to £12.9 billion in October. This would reverse the sharp dip reported for September, and imply that lending was 4% higher than the same month a year earlier.

Exporting is the key to growth during recession, say BSIA members

This week marks Export Week in the UK, and security exporters from the British Security Industry Association’s Export Council have revealed how they have fought back against the impact of the recession by expanding into new markets, a trend that’s set to continue in 2013, according to the results of a recent survey.

28/12/2011

It's a gloomy new year for the main party leaders as they assess their prospects in 2012.

Both the coalition heads are facing another difficult year as the economy is forecast to continue stagnating, at least until the autumn.

With high unemployment it will be difficult for them to maintain their popularity, but the opposition's leader Ed Miliband is struggling in the polls and faces his own challenges in the new year.

New year messages are usually quoted back at leaders in the final prime minister's questions of the year, as happened a couple of weeks ago to both Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband.

All three leaders will be careful they are not too upbeat looking ahead as a result. At least there is the Olympics to look forward to, though.

Miliband: Labour will reinvent its vision in 2012

Clegg: Lib Dem course is not easy, but right

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