Chancellor Philip Hammond made a point of ‘hamming it up’ for the Tory gallery during his budget speech this afternoon, pausing frequently to allow clearly pre-planned cheers and cries of […]
In a bid to divert attention from the wet blanket of Philip Hammond’s budget last week, the Establishment has been attacking Labour’s plans for borrowing (only) for investment. Channel 4’s […]
Channel 4’s FactCheck recently published an article claiming Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was wrong to say that Labour’s plans to borrow for infrastructure investment would pay for themselves. Other economists […]
Writer and historian Steve Bradley has written some outstanding analyses of the economics and dynamics of his Northern Irish homeland and the SKWAWKBOX was delighted when he kindly agreed to […]
PFI (Private Finance Initiative) was a scheme to use private investors’ money to build and run new hospital facilities. It was a disaster and still costs the NHS, according to […]
George Osborne’s autumn statement today signalled additional cuts of some £5 billion from public spending in order to fund a ‘growth plan’ of infrastructure spending and ‘business-friendly’ measures that he […]