Business
Total 58 Posts
Summer statement: Rishi Sunak goes all out for jobs, leaving public finances for another day.
5 min read
Boris Johnson says he wants to get on top of the UK’s productivity problem, but the job measures in the summer statement could take the country in the opposite direction.
Summer statement: Tory benefits policy under coronavirus is finally beginning to help the poorest.
5 min read
Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds was understandably sceptical of Rishi Sunak’s claims to be “helping the poorest the most”, but Tories are moving in the right direction.
Boris Johnson: After F* business, it’s now F* people.
2 min read
Defining Boris Johnson in just 5 consecutive questions asked at Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions.
Extension is the Brexiters’ chance to show they accept that they won.
11 min read
Professor Chris Grey’s latest analysis on calls for extension, analysis of why business hasn’t had more influence, and how extension isn’t Remain’s last stand but Leave’s first post-Brexit challenge.
Public health and the UK economy.
4 min read
For the most part, British people believe that the measures to address health concerns during the coronavirus pandemic should take precedence over addressing economic concerns.
Beyond all reason.
6 min read
Professor Chris Grey’s latest analysis looking at last week’s events and non-events, conflicting accounts of whether there will be an extension, government statements on this, and why predicting it is impossible.
Coronavirus lays bare the trauma of losing your job.
4 min read
Being made redundant reduces a person’s life satisfaction by about 20% – and this psychological scarring can even remain after getting another job.