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Do public sector job cuts hit women disproportionately?

Len Shackleton

7 March 2013

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As we move towards the budget we will be hearing more and more warnings about the impact of further cuts in public sector employment. One line, pursued repeatedly by the TUC and the...

Cuts, Responsibility and the Public Sector

Mark Pennington

8 July 2011

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Last week saw large scale strike action from public sector workers here in the UK, campaigning against changes to pension arrangements and more generally ‘cuts’ to government spending....

Public sector largesse in the UK

Mark Littlewood

1 July 2011

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The strikes and protests witnessed in Britain's cities this week may well signal the start of a phase of industrial disputes, as public sector employees fight to retain the rather substantial...

Are women being disproportionately hit by job losses?

Len Shackleton

19 November 2010

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A big fanfare this week for the employment and unemployment data from the Office of National Statistics. Overall unemployment fell slightly – good news – but the headlines...

The Spending Review could have been far more radical

Mark Littlewood

21 October 2010

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The Comprehensive Spending Review deserves a cheer and a half, but not much more than that. The Coalition has developed a welcome single mindedness in getting the public finances under control, but...

Reasons to be negative about the UK’s growth prospects

Tim Congdon

26 May 2010

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In the 15 years to 2007, the British economy had on average faster growth (by about 0.5% to 0.75% a year) than its large European neighbours. A similarly benign context of rising trend output and...

Co-operative ownership – the liberal way

Philip Booth

16 February 2010

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I have written before that co-ops and similar ventures are part of the rich tapestry of a market economy. After all, before the days of statutory regulation, the Stock Exchange was a mutual –...

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