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...
George Osborne’s astounding U-turn on a payday loan costs cap was greeted with glee from the left and confusion from the right.
It is a victory for the legal loan sharks campaigners, but it isn’t complete.
The growth in payday lending has...
There’s an ever-growing group of people in Britain who feel that the rental market isn’t working for them.
They’re concerned about securing the right length and flexibility of tenancy to suit their needs; fair rent prices; and an uncomfortable asymmetry of...
This morning’s Financial Times has a big story on the decline in US public sector capital investment, including some eye-catching graphs. The article reveals that US gross investment has fallen to 3.6 per cent compared to a post war average...
When the Fabian Women’s Group published ‘Round about a pound a week’ in 1913 it caused quite a stir. The pamphlet’s edge came not just from its forensic analysis of over forty working families’ budgets and its relentless account of...
In response to today’s announcement that GDP grew 0.8 per cent between June and September building on the previous quarter’s 0.7 per cent increase, David Cameron said the economy had “turned the corner” and George Osborne that the country was...
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