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How Many Homes Does the UK Need?
Decades of lacklustre housebuilding and recent record migration have left the UK with a shortfall of more than 6.5 million homes. The debut research by Head of Housing Ben Hopkinson shows how the UK has fallen dramatically behind comparable European countries, with British families paying the price through unaffordable homes.
Not Paved With Gold
The widely held assumption that high government expenditure can have a positive impact on GDP growth is challenged by Brian Sturgess.
The Tidal Wave of Regulation
Unless tougher action is taken, the overall cost of regulation to British businesses at the end of this Parliament will be higher than at the beginning.
Productivity’s Lost Decade – and How to Avoid Another
Without improvements to productivity, economic growth will slow also. Stronger productivity is the key to higher living standards because wages will not rise in the long term without any underlying improvements in the production process.
We Cannot Afford an Anti-Business Agenda
In order to return to more robust UK productivity growth, we need a series of supply side reforms to boost competition, encourage investment and reskill our workforce.
Stop Injecting Recovering Addict with Ultra-Loose Money
The economy would be between 17% and 21% larger without the impact of the recession. The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee should take 5 steps to start the process of normalisation.
Why every serious environmentalist should favour fracking
Both global warming and air pollution can be mitigated by the responsible development and utilisation of shale gas.
Ease the Squeeze: tax cutting priorities in an age of austerity
Dominic Raab MP calls for a strategic pledge to cut the overall tax burden in the 2015-20 Parliament.
Autumn Statement 2012 Briefing Note: Paint the Big Picture, George
In an Autumn Statement briefing note, Ryan Bourne and Tim Knox provide some advice for the Chancellor with 16 Recommendations.
Costly and Ineffective: Why Pension Tax Reliefs Should be Reformed
Costly and Ineffective: Why Pension Tax Reliefs Should be Reformed
The Local Government Pension Scheme: opportunity knocks
Leading pensions analyst Michael Johnson on the failure of governance in the local government pension scheme.
Aggregation is the key
Automatic consolidation of pension pots and other retirement savings would help deliver economies of scale to the individual, leading to higher incomes in retirement, greater customer control over their own assets & lower welfare costs.
Bias at the Beeb?
Compelling evidence of bias in BBC news reporting is uncovered by economist Dr. Oliver Latham.
The Tobin Tax rears its ugly head, again
John Chown shows how, despite the fact that the original proposals for an EU-wide FTT were successfully vetoed by the British Prime Minister in 2011, similar proposals are now being implemented by the European Commission in eleven Member States under a process known as the Enhanced Cooperation Procedure.
The 2013 Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture
Michael Gove MP delivered the 2014 Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture.
Simplified Planning: the need for sunset clauses
Keith Boyfield and Inna Ali on why the planning system needs to be made simpler.
