Ahead of the Spending Review, Rishi Sunak is warned by economist David B. Smith that failure to control public spending risks permanent economic stagnation - and that...
My six-year old grandson’s schoolfriend Joshua was so impressed by the two pound coin he received under his pillow for the loss of his first tooth that...
Today’s public sector borrowing figures revealed that public sector net debt in May had exceeded the nation’s GDP for the first time since March 1963 and suggest...
As the Chancellor prepares for Wednesday’s Budget, Politeia’s new publication, The UK’s Taxable Capacity - Has Britain Already Reached the Upper Limit?, explains that a holding budget...
Britain's long term economic future might best be served by a holding operation in next week's budget, says economist David B. Smith. That will allow the new Chancellor,...
As the latest GDP growth figures are published, the economist David B Smith, explains that they bring reasonably good news on UK trade, but perturbing news on public...
Boris Johnson’s pledge as Prime Minister that EU citizens in this country will have their rights guaranteed, raises one question. If, as is likely, the Withdrawal Agreement...
The public spending ratio expressed as a share of GDP was only just entering the zone of fiscal sustainability following ten years of hard slog before Theresa...
A £40bn Boost for the UK Economy? The economics of a ‘no deal’ Brexit. Publication: Immediate Link to PDF: The Brexit Settlement and UK Taxes Politeia’s Director, Sheila...
The Brexit team should not be blinded to the costs of ‘orderly Brexit’. There would be substantial macroeconomic benefit from using some of the UK’s post-Brexit EU...