
Anand Menon and Matt Bevington: Will Johnson really be able to level up?
Our research with low-income voters in some of these areas revealed that many are not expecting miracles. They simply want better local services.
Our research with low-income voters in some of these areas revealed that many are not expecting miracles. They simply want better local services.
The Government will need to think carefully about how any change to policy is presented, and the approach should be nuanced and flexible.
These are my starters for ten – so it’s over to you. What are the biggest choices? What are the problems that we have to get ahead of to keep afloat?
Together with tax cuts and less regulation, higher or more extensive benefits look like better support for hungry children than vouchers.
If this morning’s reports are correct, Sunak should be congratulated for starting to take action.
The first group of savings are about making the state more efficient, the second about creating a state focused on the core tasks of government.
And when it comes to paying for the crisis measures, as we must, taxes must not fall on younger workers.
The Chancellor should use his statement on Wednesday to announce a comprehensive and ambitious plan to counter the threat.
With the bazooka being well-wielded by Sunak, it seems almost churlish to suggest some further things the Treasury could do. But here are three.
The implications of the crisis are such that Johnson and Sunak need not so much to think outside the box as to trample it to tatters altogether.
My answer would be “maybe, provided the spending or tax cuts significantly improved our growth potential.”
Measuring people’s incomes needs to be part of measuring progress – but we need to be careful, because different measures give different results.
Its success in innovative industries is based on an R&D-intensive, novel-product-based, export-oriented business model. One that the UK should adopt.
As the Prime Minister said, many people have lent us their vote, and they won’t be so generous next time if we get it wrong.
That’s a legitimate political agenda, and people are quite welcome to vote for it. But they deserve to know what’s coming.