Young people will pay for coronavirus – government must make it worth their...
It was said of the financial crisis that it was a once in a century event – and no doubt many of my generation hoped t it would be the only epoch-defining economic catastrophe we would live through....
View ArticleThe UK’s Covid testing is not good enough to stop a second wave
With the ONS announcing a probable uptick in new cases of coronavirus in the UK last week, the big fear now is of a resurgence in the virus sweeping across the country – as it is already doing in the...
View ArticleHow should free-marketeers respond to the threat of China?
There are many questions that will confront us once the pandemic finally ends, but near the top of the list will be the question of what to do about China. Whether it’s the inhumane way it treats its...
View ArticleGoing for Growth: how business can power the Covid recovery
Even before the pandemic hit, the British economy was bumping along, with sluggish growth, stagnant wages and productivity growth among the worst in the developed world. The Government had done a good...
View ArticleRail franchising might be over – but that should not spell the end of...
Amid the flurry of Covid news, yesterday’s announcement on the future of Britain’s rail network has gone somewhat under the radar. The announcement from Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is a pretty big...
View ArticleIncreasing the minimum wage would be a big mistake
Nowhere is the economic damage wrought by coronavirus more apparent than in the unemployment stats. Even with massive government support, the jobless rate is rising and now stands at 4.8%, an increase...
View ArticleThe Chancellor’s minimum wage move is a curate’s egg
Among all the many billions of pounds of spending yesterday, Rishi Sunak also announced that he was following the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) and increasing the National Living Wage...
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History repeating? What the post-war period tells us about Covid recovery
From the beginning of Britain’s Covid crisis, comparisons with the Second World War have been inescapable. The profound changes to our way of life, the economic toll and the sense of a shared national...
View ArticleI grew up on a farm – and that’s why I back tariff-free trade
Given that I work for a free market think tank founded by Margaret Thatcher, it’s probably not all that surprising that I support a free trade deal between the UK and Australia (the first of many, we...
View ArticleReshaping spaces is not just an economic imperative, but a political one
It’s no secret that the last 18 months have hit retailers hard. With so many of us forced to turn to online retailers, many traditional shops have gone to the wall and commercial vacancies have...
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