The UK is currently 16th out of 50 European countries in terms of the best pension offering.
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How does the UK ensure a decent standard of living for its elderly population?
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Pension changes, industry investment and national insurance cuts announced in the autumn statement could all help women.
UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, with his 2023 Autumn Statement.
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National insurance cuts and business investment were all included, as was the pensions triple lock. But our experts saw some omissions.
Both Sunak and Hunt have hinted at earlier than expected tax cuts recently.
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The UK government has recently indicated that it could make some surprise tax announcements in coming days.
What’s in the box?
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It’s budget time again, and maybe the Conservatives’ final major chance to influence the upcoming general election.
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The UK chancellor has limited room for manoeuvre.
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ISAs, benefits and mortgage support are all rumoured to be mentioned in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s next autumn statement.
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Widening access to free school meals would be an investment in England’s children.
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Schools received welcome funding – but early years education and further education may be left struggling.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt: even in a crisis, don’t expect the government to play with a straight bat.
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Cutting infrastructure spending and maintaining the pensions triple lock are among the questionable moves in Jeremy Hunt’s statement.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is oveseeing the highest debt interest payments since WW2.
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Swingeing cuts especially to infrastructure spending after 2025 give Labour some choices to make.
Oil rigs, Cromarty Firth in Invergordon, Scotland.
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Redesigning the UK’s windfall tax on energy companies could help it to bring in more money for public spending.
Head down, taxes up.
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November 17, 2022
Phil Tomlinson , University of Bath ; Adi Imsirovic , University of Surrey ; Cam Donaldson , Glasgow Caledonian University ; Despina Alexiadou , University of Strathclyde ; Gavin Midgley , University of Surrey ; Hilary Ingham , Lancaster University ; Jennifer Castañeda-Navarrete , University of Cambridge ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Karen Bloor , University of York ; Peter Bloom , University of Essex ; Shampa Roy-Mukherjee , University of East London ; Steven McCabe , Birmingham City University ; Supriya Kapoor , Trinity College Dublin , dan Tolu Olarewaju , Keele University
Our panel of academics responds to the UK government’s latest economic plans.
The Bank of England (pictured) uses OBR forecasts to decide on UK interest rates.
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The OBR’s official inflation forecasts include economists’ expectations, but what about yours?
Rishi Sunak’s government is set to deliver its first budget statement on November 17 2022.
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Sunak and Hunt may hope for some normality after the budget, but markets may not be so content with the details.
Reading straight from Ed Balls’ playbook.
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Hammond has taken an oddly similar stance to former shadow chancellor Ed Balls: running a deficit and boosting infrastructure spending.
On the march.
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November 24, 2016
Geraint Johnes , Lancaster University ; Anna Vignoles , University of Cambridge ; David Bailey , Aston University ; David Metz , UCL ; James Wilsdon , University of Sheffield ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Karen Bloor , University of York ; Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Michael White , Nottingham Trent University ; Peter Taylor-Gooby , University of Kent , dan Stephen Roper , Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Philip Hammond has delivered Britain’s first major economic statement since its Brexit vote. Our panellists give their take on what it means.
Eyes on 2020.
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November 25, 2015
Vikki McCall , University of Stirling ; Alan Shipman , The Open University ; Anna Vignoles , University of Cambridge ; David Bell , University of Stirling ; Gareth Downing , University of Huddersfield ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Karen Bloor , University of York ; Michael Kitson , University of Cambridge ; Nigel Driffield , Warwick Business School, University of Warwick ; Roger King , University of Bath ; Sharon Gander , Nottingham Trent University ; Steffen Böhm , University of Exeter , dan Susan Harkness , University of Bath
Chancellor George Osborne has laid out his plans for UK spending for the next five years.
How many Osbornes does it take to change an economic outlook?
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An opinion poll taken in the wake of George Osborne’s Autumn statement reveals that just 27% of people think the British economy is in good shape. This was a decline compared to a survey taken just three…
Best known for its shopping village, plans are afoot for a new garden city in Bicester.
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The government’s announcement that Bicester in Oxfordshire will be the site of a second new garden city, with plans for large-scale investment in housing and infrastructure should be exciting news. But…