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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt:  even in a crisis, don’t expect the government to play with a straight bat. Ian Davidson/Alamy

Autumn statement is highly political compared to research on ‘best’ ways to fix public finances

Gulcin Ozkan, King's College London; Dawid Trzeciakiewicz, Loughborough University, and Richard McManus, Canterbury Christ Church University

Cutting infrastructure spending and maintaining the pensions triple lock are among the questionable moves in Jeremy Hunt’s statement.
Head down, taxes up. EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN

Autumn statement 2022: experts react

Phil Tomlinson, University of Bath; Adi Imsirovic, University of Surrey; Cam Donaldson FRSE, Glasgow Caledonian University; Despina Alexiadou, University of Strathclyde ; Gavin Midgley, University of Surrey; Hilary Ingham, Lancaster University; Jennifer Castaneda 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, and Tolu Olarewaju, Keele University

Our panel of academics responds to the UK government’s latest economic plans.
On the march. Stefan Rousseau PA Wire/PA Images

Autumn Statement 2016: experts respond

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, and 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. Reuters

Spending Review 2015: the experts respond

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, and 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? Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

If the economy is in good shape, why do wages keep falling?

John Weeks, SOAS, University of London

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…
Struggling with the numbers? PA Wire

How George Osborne fell into the deficit gap

Craig Berry, University of Sheffield and Christopher Kirkland, University of Sheffield

The Autumn Statement was supposed to be a celebratory moment for the coalition government – with its deficit-reduction strategy nearing completion and the 2015 election on the horizon, pre-election giveaways…
Ready for the hard sell? Hannah McKay/PA Wire

Autumn Statement: the experts respond

John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science; Alan Shipman, The Open University; Amrita Dhillon, King's College London; Christopher Kirkland, University of Sheffield; Craig Berry, University of Sheffield; David Spencer, University of Leeds; Dean Garratt, University of Warwick; Graeme Currie, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; James Foreman-Peck, Cardiff University; Jo Blanden, University of Surrey; Jonathan Reynolds, University of Oxford; Karen Rowlingson, University of Birmingham; Michael Ben-Gad, City, University of London; Nicholas Barr, London School of Economics and Political Science; Paul Wakeling, University of York, and Ronen Palan, City, University of London

The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has delivered the financial package he hopes will convince voters to deliver a Conservative majority in May 2015. Here, our team of academic experts responds…
Some people definitely aren’t convinced. Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Will Osborne’s Autumn Statement swing the vote?

Thomas Scotto, University of Essex

George Osborne has delivered his latest Autumn Statement, announcing there has been no recession during this parliament and forecasting that the British economy will grow by 3% this year. This final Autumn…

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  1. Austerity
  2. Britain
  3. Conservative Party
  4. Cost of living crisis
  5. Economy
  6. George Osborne
  7. Jeremy Hunt
  8. UK Budget
  9. UK economy
  10. UK elections 2015

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