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A fiscal No Man's Land: Modern Monetary Theory and the Budget

The Article, 4 March 2021

Spare a thought for finance ministers, and the opposition counterparts who aspire to replace them. The conventional wisdom was that they should at least make an attempt to follow fiscal rules. Now, there are no rules.

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Budget 2017: missed opportunities

Fabian Society, 24 November 2017

My response for the Fabian Society on the Budget, and those forecast downgrades from the OBR.

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The Tory 'decade without growth'

Progress, 24 March 2017

A stronger opposition would be well-placed to pressure the government on its faltering economic record.

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Tory Leavers have repudiated their own economic policy

Progress, 16 June 2016

An emergency budget statement will be necessary if the UK votes to leave the European Union.

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One lesson for Labour

Progress, 10 July 2015

The first Conservative budget since 1996 illustrated one lesson for Labour: how important it is to establish and maintain economic credibility.

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A Budget departed from reality

Progress, 19 March 2015

The last Budget of the Coalition assessed. The new independent economic and fiscal projections have implications for Labour too.

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Budget 2014

Progress, 21 March 2014

This wasn't a Budget about investing in our future.

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Budget 2013

Progress, 20 March 2013

First impressions.

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Coalition is flailing, failing and lacking direction

Tribune Magazine, 23 March 2012

My Tribune Money Matters column on the Budget.

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Still no growth strategy

Progress, 22 March 2012

My response to the Budget for Progress.

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