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Many people have been busy decluttering under lockdown. And with many charity shops getting ready to reopen, Oxfam have asked people to call ahead before donating goods as a result of likely limited storage space. But the high demand for...
When this crisis is over, we will find our economy transformed. There will be a huge task ahead to recharge it, and potentially the pressure to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs. There will likely be a dilemma for the Government...
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...
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...
