How VAT Affects the demand for Private Schooling Over the past few weeks, The Guardian and other newspapers have reported on the impact of VAT changes on private school fees and whether this has led to an increase in demand for state school places. According to local councils, there has not been a significant influx … Read more
For those who haven’t been paying attention, massive changes are taking place at the top of the NHS. Leadership Shake-up in NHS England Amanda Pritchard, the Chief Executive of NHS England (essentially the CEO of the English NHS), has been forced to resign. She made two unimpressive appearances before the Commons Health Select Committee, prompting … Read more
Viva España: Labour’s Economic Plan, Productivity and Immigration “Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run, it is almost everything.”Paul Krugman, Nobel Laureate in Economics We’ve now had enough time to assess Labour’s economic strategy. Labour argues that Britain’s economic struggles stem from low growth, driven by low investment, weak productivity, and stagnant wages. Businesses, … Read more
This isn’t the blog I originally intended to write, but events over took me. Kier Starmer has returned relatively unscathed from his visit to the madhouse that is Trump’s White House. The headlines focused on Trump’s attention-seeking antics and Starmer’s nerdy calm. Not everyone was pleased. A lot of people seem stunned that so far … Read more
What does Elon Musk want with all of this data? Elon Musk has been gaining access to vast amounts of data held by the U.S. government about its citizens. Assisting him in this effort are his own employees, some of whom have been seconded into government service to manage the process. At times, it’s hard … Read more
Trump, Tariffs, and Tantrums The United States is facing a balance of payments problem, similar to the one Britain encountered post-World War II. Simply put, the U.S. imports more than it exports, leading to a consistent outflow of money from the country. Historical Parallel: Britain’s Post-War Struggles Before WW2, Britain’s empire functioned as a massive … Read more
How easy is it to cut the size of Government? The original strapline for my blog right at the start was “small business is good, big government is bad”. Part of my dislike of big government comes from my own experiences as a Civil Servant. This gave rise to Chadwick’s laws of public finance and … Read more
Labour have been in power for 100 days. The reason why we fixate on the first 100 days is because of Napoleon; 100 days was how long it took for him to escape from Elba, return to France, seize the country, become Emperor (again), invade Belgium and lose the battle of Waterloo. Having come to … Read more
