economy and society

1 min read 2021-11-26 14:48:01

The only way to substantially reduce the number of migrants crossing the Channel is through an agreement with France

Current government policy, whatever its rhetoric, is to muddle on, trying to deter crossings, trying to return migrants to safe countries but

1 min read 2021-11-18 15:00:29

Ruth Patrick, Rosalie Warnock, Aaron Reeves, Kitty Stewart, Kate Andersen and Mary Reader discuss why the benefit cap was introduced in the first

1 min read 2021-11-09 15:06:56

Anna Valero writes that funding clean technologies, such as ocean and wind energy, can be a triple win, helping to address climate change,

1 min read 2021-11-02 15:00:23

Dan Corry offers his opinion on the appointment of Andy Haldane, the former Bank of England chief economist as head of the government’s levelling

1 min read 2021-09-27 14:00:33

Following recent calls for prisoners to be used to fill labour shortages caused by Brexit, Virginia Mantouvalou discusses key legislation around this

1 min read 2021-09-20 14:00:31

Based on research focusing on England, Prisca Jöst finds that the political behaviour of those on lower incomes appears to be more strongly

1 min read 2021-09-15 14:26:59

Nicolas Hérault and Justin van de Ven present the first quantitative evaluations of tax and transfer treatment enjoyed by families with children

1 min read 2021-06-21 14:00:40

Using novel historical data, Per F. Andersson demonstrates that left-wing governments tax more regressively in proportional representation systems

1 min read 2021-06-01 14:39:20

Ben Worthy and Stefani Langehennig discuss the lack of information around lobbying activities, much of which goes unrecorded or is not released. They

1 min read 2021-05-26 15:30:18

Rishita Nandagiri, Joe Strong, Tiziana Leone and Ernestina Coast explain why recent cuts to global health funding by the UK are devastating for

1 min read 2021-05-17 14:05:24

Andrew Gamble looks at some of the key doctrines which came to define western modernity. He writes that conservatives, socialists, libertarians,

1 min read 2021-05-12 15:30:56

Anna Killick draws on an ethnographic study with residents of an English city in the two years following the referendum to explore what people think

1 min read 2021-05-11 15:12:06

Several countries have announced major fiscal and related policy packages to rebuild their economies after the pandemic. Emil Evenhuis, Neil Lee,

1 min read 2021-05-06 20:45:54

The announcement of a new visa for young, professional Indians to work in the UK could prove popular – but an eye needs to be kept on how it ends

6 min read 2021-04-20 14:00:14

Geoff Page, Maddy Power, and Ruth Patrick discuss how, for many families, school uniforms represent a financial burden that tips precariously