Something I didn't expect happened at the Reform conference on the agenda of the new government on Tuesday. Remarkably, it was the speakers on government who argued passionately for reducing privilege, enfranchising individuals and decentralising power. ...
Through the years of illusory boom, we tried to have it both ways. The poor could be supported through a generous tax credits system – the well-off could have their weekly bottle of chardonnay on the state. There was of course a huge cost to this. ...
Thinking that public- spending cuts should begin at home, I suggested to my wife the other day that it was time to hand back our child benefit, which costs the government fully £1,500 a year. I went on to suggest to my mother that she should give back ...
Cutting the size of government is now the only game in town — at least, for those who would like to prevent taxes rising to the point that there becomes little point in working or saving. Unless spending is put on a sharply declining path, the UK faces ...
Recognition across the political spectrum that public spending is out of control has yet to be matched by action The collapse in the public finances has put public spending cuts in the spotlight. Both Alistair Darling and George Osborne have toughened ...
The discussion on the pre-budget report has moved into a discussion on public spending. The nightmarish state of the public finances conjures the shade of Anthony Crosland from 1975: "The crisis that faces us is infinitely more serious than any of the ...
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