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Tag Archives: Spending
Values, fairness, entitlement and reform
The benefits and bonuses debates have provoked important questions about our values and the answers will be fundamental to any successful reform of the state and society. The magnitude of the challenges ahead requires us to ask searching questions about … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Benefits, Bonus, Fairness, Making a Difference, Public services, Spending, Welfare reform
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The “just add an egg” theory of taxation
Before we all rush to agree with Nick, is it in fact fair and right to increase the personal tax allowance to £10,000? Is it, as Tim Montgomerie suggests, ‘One Nation’ for Britain to be split so markedly between the … Continue reading
Knowledge is porridge
Ben Gummer‘s Ten Minute Rule Bill (to be introduced tomorrow) builds on something we suggested years ago. Well, two things, in fact. Firstly, that a sensible discussion about the size and scope of the state must start from a clear … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Accountability, MPs, Open Government, Public Spending, Responsibility, Spending, Taxpayers, Transparency
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The good, the bad and the ugly
A trite title but an apt one… Let’s go in reverse order as I’m an optimistic kind of person. The Ugly Our deficit and debt positions are ugly. Our economy is going to get uglier. Most peoples’ living standards are … Continue reading