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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...
Today saw the release of the second estimate for GDP and revised figures for business investment in the first quarter of 2017. They show that growth slowed sharply in the first quarter of the year, and that on a per...
Demos has a long-standing interest in the social and financial impact of disability and health conditions. People living with serious health conditions can face a significant financial burden, a large part of which is the extra costs resulting from looking...
Brash, globalised, unequal and deeply indebted, the Premier League has often seemed a relevant metaphor for Britain’s economic model. And when it comes to international competitiveness our footballers too seem to have contracted the British disease of weak productivity. Between...
The triggering of Article 50 this week will finally kick-off the formal process of Brexit. In two years’ time, unless the 27 EU states agree an extension, we will leave the EU. Regardless of whether you supported Leave or Remain,...
One of the many odd features of our post-Brexit political landscape is that amongst all the shouting, rancour, and court cases, there seems to be an almost unBrexit-like consensus on its cause. Social and economic exclusion, or the feeling of...
With media attention so focused on the Labour leadership race, something interesting is happening to Conservative politics at the moment. I think the contours of a new Conservatism are emerging, based on two main ingredients: just deserts and compassion. The...
