News & Insight

6 December 2013

The chancellor’s Autumn Statement was about mood music and positioning.  He took full credit for the better economic news while making some headline grabbing announcements. More interesting was how he really sees the economy and battle lines for the election now...

5 December 2013

This morning news greets us once again of demographic doom. The chancellor has announced that young people must work till their 70s to save us from national crisis. Hundreds of billions of pounds are at stake. We’ve heard it all before....

4 December 2013

‘Tis the season to be jolly, and George Osborne is likely to receive some unusual good news which should promote Christmas goodwill in the Treasury. For the first time since it was established the Office for Budget Responsibility is expected...

3 December 2013

Thirty years ago a third of the population lived in council or housing association homes, now it is barely one in six. For the first time this year the English Housing Survey showed that there were more people living in...

2 December 2013

Britain’s lack of investment is the critical battleground in deciding our economic future. We need a determined investment strategy anchored in private-public partnership. Notwithstanding the present recovery, Britain is seeing on-going erosion of its economic strengths, capabilities and competitiveness.  One-time manufacturing and mercantile...

29 November 2013

This week, two telling statistics highlighted the state of the immigration debate in the UK and its impact on international students. First, “net migration” was reported by the ONS as rising from 167,000 in June 2012 to 182,000 in June this...