News & Insight

8 April 2014

Back during his first few months in Number 10, David Cameron committed to “a more commercial foreign policy”, “placing our commercial interests at the heart of our foreign policy”. But to what extent is this compatible with the foreign secretary’s...

7 April 2014

If ever there was a cause whose time has come, it must be the living wage. Ed Miliband has pledged to make it a condition of government contracts if Labour wins the next election, while Boris Johnson has called on...

4 April 2014

Every week a respected financial journalist or academic issues a warning on the next big financial bubble threatening the global economy. Cambridge economist Ha Joon Chang recently sounded the alarm regarding stock market bubbles of historic proportions, despite GDP output in...

3 April 2014

The smog in much of the UK at present is not as visible as the infamous 1950s smogs, and may not be quite as dangerous. But it is not safe. The 50s smogs were vanquished by a Conservative government banning...

2 April 2014

The forthcoming general election will be fought in a radically redefined political context from the last: the UK government is in coalition, Labour is determined to be a one-term opposition for the first time in 40 years and the post-war...

1 April 2014

The recent report published by the Fabians, ‘Measure for Measure’, argued that a broader, more sophisticated analysis of the economy should be used. Rather than relying on traditional economic success indicators - growth, inflation, and unemployment - the report argued...