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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.
Still Neither Just Nor Secure
Andrew Tyrie MP and Anthony Peto QC on why the “Secret Courts” Bill still needs to be improved.
Rail’s Second Chance
New evidence proves that competition on the passenger rail network benefits passengers and taxpayers; now is the time to deliver true competition, writes Tony Lodge.
Take the Long View
The Coalition has replaced its original deficit reduction plan with a “protection of government spending plans plan”, write Ryan Bourne and Tim Knox.
Masking the Symptoms
Ewen Stewart, a leading bond and equity analyst, investigates whether current UK monetary and fiscal policies are sustainable in in Masking the Symptoms: why QE and huge deficits are not the cure.
Capitalism for the Little Guy
Dominic Raab MP sets out ten ways in which more competition can widen consumer choice and reduce costs in five key sectors: energy, water, retail banking, schools and health
A Toxic Tangle
Leading pensions analyst Michael Johnson explains why the future cost of public service pensions could be as much as £41 billion a year.
Neither just nor secure
The Justice and Security Bill, in its current form, would damage Britain’s system of open justice and tarnish Britain’s reputation, at home and abroad writes Andrew Tyrie MP and Anthony Peto QC.
Some Reflections on Freedom
A society, in our case a nation state, needs to provide its people with certain basics. These include security, food and shelter of course. But a civilised society such as our own, should also provide freedom for its people. All this is obvious.
The approaching cashflow crunch
As the Public Bill Committee starts scrutiny of the Public Service Pensions Bill on Tuesday 6 November, leading pensions analyst Michael Johnson reveals that the cashflow shortfall between public sector contributions and pensions in payment are rising to unsustainable levels.
The progressivity of UK taxes and transfers
The past 30 years has seen an increasing proportion of the population of total households becoming overall net recipients of the state, writes Ryan Bourne in The progressivity of UK taxes and transfers
The UK and the EU: time to cut the knot
‘The UK must seek a new and different relationship with the EU, and here is a plan’, says David Heathcoat-Amory in The UK and the EU: time to cut the knot.
Estonia: A Case Study
Ryan Bourne writes of how Estonia provides a clear case-study of a country which has successfully embraced austerity and seen a return to sustainable economic growth.
Some questions on the mansion tax
A new briefing note published today by the Centre for Policy Studies highlights many of the inherent flaws in proposals for a Mansion Tax.
The case against CGT
CGT is a damaging tax, and the current high top rate is likely to be undermining our economic recovery, reveals a new Centre for Policy Studies Pointmaker The case against CGT by Howard Flight and Oliver Latham.
The Social Cost of Litigation
A report by Professor Furedi and Jennie Bristow highlights the high financial and social cost of today’s ‘culture of litigation’ on health and education services.
