A conservative estimate.
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Voters see claim and counter claim about the economic effects of leaving the EU but the overwhelming consensus among economists is that Brexit will make Britons worse off.
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Brexit would throw up all manner of problems for the UK economy, including a rise in borrowing costs for homeowners.
I’m clean, promise: the UK’s David Cameron and Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari.
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Ask the British public about routine government and business practices, and they’ll tell you they’re deeply corrupt.
In the EU’s shadow?
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Brexit would be the beginning of the process of Britain’s economic transformation – giving it the potential to be better off.
An unclear employment picture.
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Too little is known about the changing work patterns at the margins of the labour market.
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If Britain leaves the EU, it will likely have an inter-connected impact on regulation and trade.
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It involves shifting calendars, greedy governments – and the Pope.
Nationalisation not an option.
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The 2008 financial crisis taught us that markets fail. But the current plight of Port Talbot’s steel plant highlights how not all markets fail equally.
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While it’s true that many big businesses are reliant on cheap labour, the new national living wage is unlikely to hurt their profits too badly.
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Immigration is at the heart of the Brexit debate. Here’s what the research says about employment.
Ball drop.
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Osborne’s budget passed after a rollercoaster week of objections and debate. But it still fails to address the parlous state of the British economy.
It won’t be a windfall for everyone.
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A closer look at the terms and conditions of the budget’s flagship scheme for savers shows it won’t benefit everyone.
Chancellor George Osborne delivers his eighth budget.
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Geraint Johnes , Lancaster University ; Alan Shipman , The Open University ; Andrew Street , University of York ; Anya Ahmed , University of Salford ; Daniel Muijs , University of Southampton ; David Eiser , University of Stirling ; Eoin Flaherty , Queen's University Belfast ; Gavin Midgley , University of Southampton ; John Maloney , University of Exeter ; John Van Reenen , London School of Economics and Political Science ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University et Stephen Roper , Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Amid sluggish global growth and a stuttering UK economy, George Osborne delivers his eighth budget.
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Pensions reform is badly needed in the UK – but the realities of work in the 21st century are often ignored.
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Why we shouldn’t be so quick to celebrate reports that Facebook is paying more tax.
Heave ho.
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The UK’s productivity problem has the country lagging behind its G7 peers. An overlooked solution is to empower workers.
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NHS productivity gains have been truly impressive, but are they sustainable?
For people to leave benefits there has to be a job worth leaving benefits for.
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Getting jobseekers off benefits and into well-paid jobs should be a priority. So why has pace been glacial?
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How the rise and fall of coal mining is central to fully understanding modern Britain.
The Penny Bank by George Harvey (1806-1876).
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How today’s policy around savings and pensions has worrying echoes of failed 19th century approaches.