In the run up to the White Paper on Levelling Up, our interview with the former Chancellor opens this week’s ConHome series on localism.
If the Government wants to protect our long-term macroeconomic future, this is the correct step to take.
The amendment doesn’t require more spending – just regular estimates of the staff that should be trained in each speciality.
Dilapidated sheds lining disused back alleys have enormous potential to become charming mews lined with cottages.
Last week, one of the many dangers of such a project became clear: the possibility of its use for rampant paternalism.
There should be a growth target to complement the inflation target – to drive government departments to take actions that will promote more UK activity and jobs.
Through the National Lottery, the public have raised over £43 billion for charities, sports, arts and other causes.
Whole blocks of flats in London are sold off-plan to international investors, doing nothing to help Generation Rent.
The Chancellor is damned if he yields to backbenchers’ demands for bailouts – and damned if he doesn’t.
Politicians and civil servants need to relearn that the route to lower taxes lies in sustained economic growth and discipline on public expenditure.
There is evidence, however, that suggests that the move to abandoning all recent Tory traditions is not quite so straightforward.
Extending carbon pricing would serve as a constant pressure on emissions. But it won’t be enough on its own.
Tax Increment Financing offers a prudent way of funding regeneration projects across the most deprived areas.
The Chancellor will have have more money to play with than was forecast. How he uses these additional resources will tell us a great deal about his priorities.
To protect those in fuel poverty, some of the revenue from the gas carbon charge could be given back as a carbon cheque to vulnerable households.