Economy, Business & Finance
The IFS says that the way the Barnett formula treats business rates means that Scotland and Northern Ireland have faced lower cuts to public spending than England and Wales. We outline how the Barnett formula works—and how it doesn't. Read
'More people are moving down, rather than up, the social ladder as the number of middle-class managerial and professional jobs shrinks' — The Guardian This is how most of this … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The treasury says that mailing out individual statements this week telling taxpayers what their money is being spent on is an act of transparency. But are the letters really that clear? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"In this parliament we will have made £100 billion of savings while cutting income tax by £10.5 billion. In the next parliament we plan to make £25 billion of savings … Read
Take a look at the Y axis. It's easy to be misled by the scale. The graph from the website May2015.com is using a logarithmic scale: the Y axis progresses … Read
Immigration
"175,000 failed asylum seekers are still awaiting deportation" Daily Mirror "Officials cannot find 50,000 rejected asylum seekers" The Guardian "Officials have lost track of 50,000 illegal immigrants and failed to … Read
Via Twitter: "Liam Byrne at #spru says something like half of global (presumably biz) R&D is in the hands of 1400 companies. Is this true?" Liam Byrne has used this … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"Workers on the minimum wage will be worse off if Ed Miliband implements a plan to increase the rate to £8 an hour" The Telegraph, 20 October 2014 It's a … Read
