As MPs vote on the Withdrawal Agreement, international trader, John Mills* explains ‘no deal’ would add little to costs or paperwork. More important it would mean the EU did...
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...
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...
The Prime Minister promises tax cuts by 2020, but do the figures add up? Here, Professor David B Smith, suggests the economic picture is not what it...
As the Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged, Professor David B Smith considers the wider economic picture. After a decade of big government spending, the UK’s...
For Britain's economic recovery, much will depend on banks playing their part in the whole economy, and the Bank of England enabling them to do so. But...
Stephen Hester may be leaving the RBS, but that should not distract the Chancellor from the real challenge, argues Professor David B. Smith.
Margaret Thatcher changed UK economic history, curbing the growth of public spending and the state. But, as David B. Smith suggests, while there were setbacks and mistakes,...
Governments have much to answer for when it comes to the banking crisis. Here Professor David B. Smith warns that political interventions in the banking sector carry...