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LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 4 November 2024 English
Rachel Reeves’ Budget included higher spending for public services, and higher taxes as well as borrowing in order to fund it. Nicholas Barr argues that given the inheritance of this …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 1 November 2024 English
Rachel Reeves, the first female Chancellor in history, just delivered Labour’s first Budget in 15 years. Mary-Ann Stephenson looks at how the Budget’s announcements will affect women and finds that …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 31 October 2024 English
The UK-US “special relationship” has survived for many decades, but Brexit and the hollowing out of the British defence forces means that the UK is no longer as strategically important …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 30 October 2024 English
When we talk about “road safety” we already think of roads as existing primarily for transportation and cars in particular. Marco te Brömmelstroet argues that we need to break free …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 30 October 2024 English
With an unprecedented number of people out of work due to poor mental health, the Labour Government is facing an uphill battle to boost growth and productivity. But the Government’s …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 29 October 2024 English
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce inheritance tax reforms in the October Budget as a way of raising funds and closing the fiscal “black hole”. James Forrester argues that …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 25 October 2024 English
Conference season has come and gone, but what did it reveal about the state of UK politics? Greg Taylor reflects on the contrasting energies at the Liberal Democrat, Labour, and …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 24 October 2024 English
Coverage of the Conservative Party conference might have been consumed with the leadership contest, but the real policy discussion took place in the fringe events. Leo Mercer writes about his …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 23 October 2024 English
Rachel Reeves is expected to announce more public investment in the 2024 Budget. Daisy Jameson argues that this investment can be funded by changing the fiscal rules by excluding the …
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 22 October 2024 English
Poor mental health has significant consequences for people’s wellbeing, but also has an enormous economic cost – approximately 5 per cent of GDP in 2019. Aadya Bahl argues for the …