A million more working families live in poverty than households where everyone is on the dole (Daily Mail)
Research by the CPS shows that spiralling welfare costs undermine the Government’s aim to make work pay.
Thatcher’s favourite think tank backs Danny Alexander (Spectator)
The Spectator’s Jonathan Jones reports on the CPS’s ideas for pension reform.
The Tories have gone astray – and I helped (The Telegraph)
CPS Board Member George Bridges writes in The Daily Telegraph that ever since 1997, the Conservative Party has put strategy above principle, with disastrous results.
George Osborne, balancing the budget on the backs of the rich (The Spectator)
Michael Johnson CPS Pointmaker ‘Bring Back the 10p Rebate’ received a mention in David Blackburn’s Spectator Coffee House blog.
The poor are growing richer – and it’s nothing to do with redistribution (City AM)
Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne writes for City AM.
Households face £1,230 bill to plug public sector pension black hole (The Telegraph)
Households face an annual bill of £1,230 by 2017 to plug the “unsustainable” black hole in public sector pensions as Coalition reforms still leave the taxpayer paying for £4 in every £5.
Families face £1,200 bill for public sector pensions (Daily Mail)
Expert reveals 80 per cent of funds are paid for by taxpayer
The real reasons why living costs are still going up (City AM)
Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne writes for City AM’s Forum on living standards.
Switch off subsidies for inefficient wind farms (The Yorkshire Post)
CPS Energy Expert Tony Lodge writes for The Yorkshire Post on John Hayes MP’s recent comments on windfarms.
Cost is key in the coalition’s brave decision to fire up nuclear energy (City AM)
CPS Research Fellow Tony Lodge wrote for City AM’s Forum on the Coaliton’s nuclear energy policy.
Slowly, too slowly, the Tories are embracing ever looser union (The Telegraph)
Charles Moore writes for The Daily Telegraph on his Margaret Thatcher Lecture 2012.
E-Bulletin: Charles Moore delivers Margaret Thatcher Lecture; Mark Garnier on banking reform
E-Bulletin, 26th October 2012.
An important fortnight in the macroeconomic debate
This week saw more positive news on the employment front. The UK’s employment rate for 16-64 year olds rose 0.5 percentage points to 71.3% for June-August 2012 compared with the previous quarter.
‘Plan B’ is not the answer (The Spectator)
Ahead of “Battle of the Chancellors” CPS Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne writes on why moving away from austerity is not the answer.
