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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Feb 29 2012
In the ‘Europe 2020 Agenda’ the EU has a strategic plan to build a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. Looking past current crises, we should re-focus on these long term goals
Leave a commentTweet Europe’s main strategy plan for growth identifies feasible improvements to employment, innovation, education, social inclusion and climate/energy. Sir Tony Atkinson argues that these collective goals give European countries an advantage over competitors – yet this key Agenda is in danger of … Continue reading
Posted by: February 29, 2012
Tagged with: economic growth, eu, Europe, European integration, Europp
Feb 29 2012
The corporation tax is under attack. It must be defended
8 CommentsTweet Nicholas Shaxson argues that a corporation tax cut may increase revenue for big business but this does not in any way translate to increased revenue for the country in which they reside. Corporations the world over sit on vast … Continue reading
Posted by: February 29, 2012
Tagged with: corporation tax, economic growth, economics, tax justice, uk government, uk politics
Feb 29 2012
Arguments linking a lower corporation tax to increased productivity and growth have no basis in reality
1 CommentTweet Any suggested increase in revenue and investment as a result of a lowered corporation tax is merely political fantasy. John Christensen argues that a cut in the corporation tax would lead to a distorted and unequal economy. Cutting corporate … Continue reading
Posted by: February 29, 2012
Tagged with: corporation tax, economic growth, economics, tax justice, uk government, uk politics
Feb 28 2012
Harnessing the private sector makes sense for UK’s education system
1 CommentTweet New research from Policy Exchange suggests that the government should involve the private sector into a profit-sharing model with the state-funded school system. James Groves argues that creating ‘social enterprise’ schools would likely improve average pupil performance and create … Continue reading
Posted by: February 28, 2012
Tagged with: Education, private sector, school standards, state schools, uk government, uk politics
Feb 28 2012
Growing health inequalities within local authorities suggest a need for a renewed focus on addressing poverty and child development
Leave a commentTweet The Marmot Review (2010) developed health measures to monitor the progress of health inequalities and their social determinants.Professor Sir Michael Marmot analyses the data two years on and shows that while there is slight improvement on some measures, inequalities … Continue reading
Posted by: February 28, 2012
Tagged with: Education, health inequalities, health policy, poverty, uk government, uk politics
Feb 27 2012
The coalition is at least as likely to end up shipwrecked as it is to sail through, or at least stay afloat, until 2015
1 CommentTweet Liberal Democrat MPs may soon find themselves watching a slow motion car crash while their Conservative counterparts might feel that their ‘business arrangement’ has served its purpose. Either way, a parliamentary full-term, while not impossible, remains less likely than … Continue reading
Posted by: February 27, 2012
Tagged with: coalition, general election 2014, government, party politics, power, uk government, uk politics
Feb 27 2012
Suspending UK border security checks – how chronic capacity stress becomes crisis
Leave a commentTweet For those who have followed the public spat in recent months between the Home Secretary and the former chief of the UK Border Force, Brodie Clark, the publication of the Independent Chief Inspector’s report last week helped to shed … Continue reading
Posted by: February 27, 2012
Tagged with: border security, Brodie Clarke, policy making, uk government, uk politics
Feb 26 2012
Book Review: Capitalism by Geoffrey Ingham
Leave a commentTweet Refreshed to include a new postscript on the financial crisis and its aftermath, Geoffrey Ingham’s Capitalism traces the development of capitalism from Karl Marx through to the tumultuous period it in which it now finds itself. The author leaves little doubt … Continue reading
Posted by: February 26, 2012
Tagged with: capitalism, credit crunch, economics, globalisation, Marx, mortgages, occupy movement
