Net migration is a distraction from other government failures, says top adviser
Brian Bell, chair of the government’s Migration Advisory Committee, wants politicians to be more honest about what targets actually mean.
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The Research Brief: We need investment-led recovery to solve the productivity puzzle
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Keir Starmer’s economy speech offered more questions than answers
Labour’s fiscal policy remains contradictory and opaque.
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Jeremy Hunt’s plan for chaos
The Autumn Statement revealed a government using its remaining time in office to poison its successor’s inheritance.
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Marx and Keynes can free Labour from its budget bind
Rachel Reeves needs a new economic narrative to break the fear of deficits and debt.
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The four big myths of Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement
The government hasn’t cut taxes for workers and it can’t take credit for lower inflation.
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Tyler Cowen: The UK is still underestimated
The US economist on why he’s bullish about Britain, the potential of AI and what Liz Truss got right.
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Oil’s five decades as ruler of the world
The political scientist Randall Hansen argues that the 1973 Opec embargo changed economies for ever and fuelled mass migration.
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