To distract their critics, Labour’s Treasury team will make a big thing of the administrative savings they intend to make
For all the progress on localisation made by some ministers, the centralising instinct still lurks within Whitehall’s bosom
Ultra low interest rates aren’t just bad for savers
While some Ukippers don’t mind dishing out insults – ‘LibLabCon’, ‘EUSSR’ etc – they get worse in return
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus all have lower infant mortality rates than we do
The advocates of wealth taxation have overlooked both the impracticality and the immorality of their proposals
Given the significance of cognitive ability and the ease with which it can be tested, it seems odd that we fail to make the most of this information
Not everyone is in a position to work regular hours so we should value irregular work more highly
The art world should be grateful for politicians who don’t take too close an interest in culture
The deepest divide that runs through our country is between the England of cities and conurbations and the England of towns and villages
It’s perfectly OK to be insanely wrong – just as long as you’re insanely wrong in an officially approved manner
Now that the economy is growing again, can we expect wages to do likewise?
Britain and America stand together as countries that have managed to combine austerity with economic growth.
Viewed over the last hundred years, levels of inequality are back at levels last seen in the decades before the Great Depression
The unreformed House of Lords is an insult to democracy that could get a lot worse