My free Christmas present for you:the Financial Times

A few years back the Government's chief economics civil servants indicated that the best newspaper for A2 and AS Level Economics students was the FT. Please do use the Christmas break to get the FT for free - where you can weekly access excellent articles by the FT's Chief Economist: Martin Wolf.

See this following link for Martin Wolf's verdict on the recent Autumn Budget statement:

The battle over the public finances will define Britain

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6ea70a8-807e-11e4-872b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3Ly7eBVl7

UK's trend growth (productivity) may now be 1% per annum on average

Fiscal receipts (mostly tax revenue) is likely to rise from 35.5% of GDP to 36.2% by 2020.

"Public sector net debt is now too high"

"The case for achieving an overall fiscal surplus in the next parliament is not overwhelming."