Darling urges Osborne: Change course now on economy

Former Chancellor Alistair Darling has written an open letter to his successor George Osborne warning he must change course on the economy now or cause "immeasurable damage".

In an open letter published in the Sunday People, the Labour MP claimed both Osborne and the Bank of England have "given up on any plan for growth". He called for "urgent action to promote growth" or it will be years before the UK recovers. Darling said low interest rates mean it is "just the time to kick-start some major spending projects" including on homes, railways and a third Heathrow runway "George, you must build more houses - it helped get Britain out of depression in the 1930s," he wrote."Most parts of the country are short of homes so we could do with tens of thousands mo...