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Don’t let the u-turn on tax credits fool you, swingeing cuts remain the order of the day in Osborne’s bid to achieve a budget surplus.
As the UK government delivers its spending plans for the next five years, here’s why a number of controversial cuts are on the cards.
The Conservative government want to make £4.4 billion in savings by cutting tax credits. But what exactly are they?
The policies and rhetoric around the drive to cut the welfare bill show the persistence of a 19th century approach to relieving poverty.
The Bank of England has emphasised the overal benefits that membership of the EU brings Britain. But also warns of its risks.
Xi Jinping’s visit to the UK has been hailed as the start of a ‘golden era’ in UK-China relations. But what’s China getting out of the trip?
Is the UK chancellor’s new commitment to infrastructure undermined by a reliance on China?
How Labour’s ‘radical’ shadow chancellor might deal with another down-cycle, Brexit, immigration and an energy crunch.
Corbyn’s platform, by supporting ordinary people, is in many ways highly pro-business.
The Conservative government is proposing a raft of changes that will make strikes harder to organise.
We can’t blame them outright for the housing crisis but baby boomers play a role as supply blockers.
Baby boomers have benefited from a golden age in pensions that that will almost certainly never return.
It’s become fashionable to blame those born in the post-war baby boom for all today’s economic woes. But this is unfair – and wrong.
New regulation in the UK shows how payday lending can be done responsibly.
PFI gives short-term gain for long-term pain for governments and taxpayers.
Integrating the UK’s expensive and fragmented rail network under public ownership could save hundreds of millions and also provide a better service.
Real case studies offer important insights into the varied impact of policy and practice on people’s day to day lives. They shouldn’t be made up.
Corbyn has proposed giving the Bank of England a new mandate to invest but the track record of this approach makes it hard to swallow.
The sharing economy has not, so far, changed the structure of employment and it would require a sudden and unprecedented shift which reversed very recent trends for it to do so.
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance, The Open University
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
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Professor Emeritus of Economics, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Economics, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Surrey
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Professor of International Business, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professsor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Associate Professor in International Macroeconomics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
