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Careful what you wish for Mr Miliband: Could Labour’s cost of living measures backfire?
The announcement today by Ed Miliband of a tax relief for firms that start paying the living wage, should Labour win the next general election, is the latest in the...
| Published: | 04 November 2013 |
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The road to 2020: no more spending, lots more reform
Speaking on the floor of the conference, Danny Alexander declared today that there will be no ‘spending bonanza’ after the election. He aspires to continuing fiscal restraint until 2020, with...
| Published: | 17 September 2013 |
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Unloosing the Gordian Knot of Growth
“Turn him to any cause of policy, The Gordian Knot of it he will unloose” Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1 Scene 1. 45–47 In a pre-budget Newsnight interview last week,...
| Published: | 20 March 2013 |
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Defending the indefensible? Some modest arguments in defence of a radical proposal
Anthony Seldon, Master of Wellington College, published a pamphlet with the SMF this week titled Schools United: Ending the divide between Independent and State. He spoke about the proposals at...
| Published: | 22 January 2014 |
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The OBR has opened a can of worms
The Office for Budget Responsibility has opened up a can of worms. As we pointed out shortly after the Chancellor sat down following his autumn statement on Wednesday, the independent...
| Published: | 07 December 2012 |
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Pay no attention to the men behind the curtain: the great OBR has spoken!
At last week’s Autumn Statement, George Osborne got off lightly. Everyone knew that the story would hang on the calculations of the experts at the independent Office for Budget Responsibility....
| Published: | 10 December 2012 |
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A golden pot for all solves the pensions emergency
Rising longevity in recent decades is a resounding success story. But public policy has struggled to keep up. The bean-counters are getting nervous. Growth in the numbers claiming the state...
| Published: | 14 January 2013 |
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Bamboozled consumers and low trust: can ethics codes really repair confidence in financial services?
Complex financial products bamboozle consumers and erode already fragile trust in financial services. Rather than ethics codes, action is needed to put consumers in the driving seat, says Nida Broughton....
| Published: | 23 January 2013 |
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What Torres tells us about adult skills
Earlier this week, Tom Bewick reviewed the Social Market Foundation’s latest report on how to reform the funding of adult skills provision. While some of his criticism is fair, he...
| Published: | 09 August 2012 |
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