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Smart on crime, tough on the causes of crime
Speakers: Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP Debbie Ryan, Working Links Clive Martin, Director, Clinks Simon Israel, Channel 4 News Chair: Ian Mulheirn, Director, Social Market Foundation The Government plans to...
| Published: | 27 September 2011 |
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The Single Local Growth Fund: The winner takes it all?
The Government recently signalled that it intends to implement Lord Heseltine’s proposals to boost economic growth by devolving spending and responsibilities to the local level. This includes a commitment from...
| Published: | 13 June 2013 |
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Liam Byrne MP – From cradle to grave: rethinking the future of welfare
“Benefit in return for contributions, rather than free allowances from the State, is what the people of Britain desire” William Beveridge, 1942 In his third speech to mark the 70th...
| Published: | 22 July 2012 |
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Paying your dues: Tackling aggressive tax avoidance
Speakers Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP Dr Evan Harris Chas Roy-Chowdhury, Head of Taxation, ACCA Dr Jamie Whyte, Head of Research and publicationss, Oliver Wyman & Company Chair Ian Mulheirn,...
| Published: | 12 July 2012 |
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Britain’s Got Talent: Unlocking the demand for skills
Speakers John Hayes, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning John Springford, Associate Fellow, Social Market Foundation Geoff Stanton, Independent Consultant and Researcher Colin Geering, Head of...
| Published: | 11 July 2012 |
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Chalk + Talk with Tony Travers
Postcode economies: Will tax decentralisation drive growth or entrench disadvantage? As part of its decentralisation and growth agenda, the Government is legislating to give local authorities more tax-raising powers. The...
| Published: | 05 July 2012 |
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Chalk + Talk with Professor John Van Reenen
Is Britain’s problem lazy bosses? Foreign Secretary William Hague recently remarked that Britain’s bosses need to whinge less about government growth policy and work harder. “There’s only one growth strategy:...
| Published: | 14 June 2012 |
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Chalk + Talk with Professor Anna Vignoles
Learning to earn? Appraising the UK’s human capital policy Human capital is criticial to economic success. Certainly it is the case that countries with a more skilled workforce have higher...
| Published: | 31 May 2012 |
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Paying your dues: should we be charitable to tax avoiders?
In the Budget, the Chancellor announced that a cap would be introduced on charity tax relief as part of a wider policy to clamp down on tax avoidance. The Government...
| Published: | 23 May 2012 |
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