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As the Government prepares for its first Budget this week, senior researcher Ben Glover sets out our priorities for the Chancellor, from supporting the vulnerable in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis to addressing wider economic and social challenges: Protecting...
On International Women’s Day, we have a lot to celebrate regarding the participation of women in public life. At home, our last election saw a record number of women members of Parliament elected; and women in public life in the...
Successful innovation doesn’t come mainly from small businesses or universities, argue Paul Nightingale and Alex Coad. Over the last 30 years innovation and entrepreneurship have become increasingly prominent concerns for successive UK governments. And yet our record is mixed, to...
Since the EU Referendum, Boris Johnson has ramped up the rhetoric about ‘Global Britain’, a country that is “more open, more outward-looking, more engaged with the world than ever before.” In this view, the referendum result is a vote for...
This week, the Office for National Statistics released their first statistics on which occupations they believe are at the highest risk of automation across England. They estimate about 7.4% of all jobs are at high risk of automation, i.e. there...
Liberals everywhere are struggling, not least because of their image as unambitious defenders of the status quo. Could the radical politics of land and the ideas of Henry George offer a route out of the political wilderness? Despite rarely appearing...
Much is unfair in Britain today. But one of our country’s most enduringly unjust features is the poor’s clobbering by VAT. This tax is applied universally but unlike income tax the amount we pay is not based on what we...
Austerity, at least in terms of the overall spending envelope, is over. However, this will not mean the end of cuts – some Departments can still expect to see reductions in next year’s spending review, as the NHS takes up...
As the UK looks to enhance its reputation as a ‘global leader in free trade’ after Brexit, the International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, has argued that Britain should look to strike free trade deals with emerging countries. So far, much...
