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The Mirrlees Review

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This presentation was given at the Skattesforum 2009 (research forum on taxation) organised by the Research Council of Norway.

9 June 2009

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Public spending in hard times

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This briefing note looks at historical attempts to brake or reverse public spending and asks what we can learn from them.

1 June 2009

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Squeeze harder, says the IMF

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The International Monetary Fund has released the conclusions of its annual "Article IV" health-check for the UK economy. It endorses the Government's short-term fiscal giveaway to help ameliorate the recession (which the Conservatives say was a mistake), but says that it should be more ambitious in its plans to repair the public finances once the economic recovery is underway.

20 May 2009

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A bust without a boom?

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If the picture painted by the Treasury in this year’s Budget is correct, we are currently suffering a “bust” without having enjoyed a “boom”. But there is an alternative view of recent history that casts a less favourable light on Gordon Brown's tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

30 April 2009

The Treasury

Budget 2009

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After each Autumn Statement, Budget and Spending Review, we publish analysis of the Chancellor's proposals and reforms.

22 April 2009

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This will hurt

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This article was published in Public Finance Magazine on 22nd April 2009

22 April 2009

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The economics of a temporary VAT cut

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This paper analyses the likely implications of the temporary cut in VAT in the UK to 15 per cent, with a return to 17.5 per cent in place for the end of 2009.

15 April 2009