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Richard Wellings
12 June 2010
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●  Mark Littlewood discusses cutting public spending on BBC Newsnight (video).   ●  Philip Booth critiques the coalition’s plans on pensions.   ●  James...
There are too many bureaucrats and they are paid too much
Daniel J. Mitchell
8 June 2010
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George Osborne’s dangerous numbers
Adam Lyons
25 May 2010
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“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.” This is the...
Middle class beneficiaries of welfare payments are a drag on reform
Len Shackleton
17 May 2010
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This year I have been in a rather unusual demographic – both entitled (I didn’t claim it) to a winter fuel allowance of £250 as an over-60 and receiving a Child Trust Fund payment...
What should be done when the social democrats win?
Mark Littlewood
6 May 2010
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The next government of the United Kingdom will have to depart wildly from its manifesto commitments in order to rebuild the nation’s finances. In the closing stages of the election campaign,...
A bailout that hurts the Germans but doesn’t help the Greeks
Oliver Marc Hartwich
5 May 2010
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After months of agonising discussions, European leaders have agreed on a “solution” for the Greek crisis. Unfortunately, the joint efforts of the EU and the International Monetary Fund...
The impact of a hung parliament on the UK economy
Philip Booth
4 May 2010
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Spineless politicians still refuse to explain how they would tackle the deficit
D. R. Myddelton
30 April 2010
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My expectations of politicians, those “insidious and crafty animals”, are low. (Like Hayek, I find that over the course of a long life they have steadily gone down.) But in this general...
Life isn’t fair but it can be free
Philip Booth
28 April 2010
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. It is rather difficult to redistribute that burden because marginal rates are so high right across the board it is difficult to see that they can be increased for any group. Some of the Lib Dems...
Cameron needs to reform every department of government in search for cuts
Philip Booth
15 April 2010
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Now all three major parties have launched their manifestos it’s clear that no one is being honest about the true state of the country’s finances. The Conservative manifesto is scarcely...
Cutting public spending by £167bn: a modest but necessary aim
Philip Booth
12 April 2010
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All three major parties are entering the election campaign with similar plans for cutting the deficit. The timing and magnitude of proposed deficit cuts are slightly different but all the plans...
Osborne’s National Insurance plans – be sceptical of “efficiency savings” claims
Kristian Niemietz
2 April 2010
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George Osborne’s announcement that he intends to reverse the increase in National Insurance Contributions has rightfully received applause from a number of business leaders, who called...
“The Alternative Manifesto” by Eamonn Butler
Terry Arthur
26 March 2010
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This book is a must for anyone with an interest in the role of government and the extent to which it can, and does, detach itself from the purpose of serving the population over which it presides....
UK needs to cut deficit rapidly
Philip Booth
3 March 2010
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Interview on Bloomberg TV about the pound, the fiscal crisis and the prospect of a hung parliament:    

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