Economist, Visiting Professor, Lecturer, Writer, Public Speaker.
Even with one of the largest parliamentary majorities in its history and the Conservatives with their lowest-ever vote share, the incoming Labour administration faces a daunting task: improving UK economic growth. It knows that was why it was elected; after all, growing the economy through increased productivity was the focus of its election campaign. It …
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Labour Party leader, Sir Kier Starmer, recently suggested that a commitment to build more residential homes, including on green belt land, could form part of the Party’s manifesto as we head into the next election. Even the suggestion of building on green belt land is a significant departure from the two major parties’ usual rhetoric. …
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Friday’s mini-Budget was anything but small. It’s the biggest tax-cutting Budget since the ‘Barber’ boom Budget of 1972 or 50 years ago. Unfortunately, the parallels are not good, as that Budget did not end well. Eventually, it led to the loss of a general election by Conservative prime minister Ted Heath. Time will …
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