Why does London’s economy perform so much better than the rest of the UK?
When I wrote the Economic Policy Review with colleagues before the last election, one of the most striking findings we highlighted was the...
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What do the election results tell us?
Labour won 2158 seats, Conservatives 1005 and Lib Dems 431. Congratulations to Labour on their success. Thank you to all those outgoing Councillors...
Read this entry » Where were UKIP?
The story of yesterday’s local elections is of a big swing to federalist Labour. The Labour party that landed...
Read this entry » Dame Lucy is feeling chipper
Whilst we await the public’s verdict at the ball0t box, it is fortunate that I have another leak from Dame Lucy about how the...
Read this entry » Wokingham local elections
I wish all Conservative candidates in tomorrow’s local elections well at the polls. The Council has kept the Council Tax down for the last...
Read this entry » The whole of the UK is short of infrastructure
Some of you have commented that London has grown faster because it has taken a disproprtionate share of the infrastructure...
Read this entry » The riches of London
Many of you have pointed out in your responses to yesterday’s blog that London has always been richer than...
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American economic strengths we could copy
Yesterday I argued that the US was not growing faster than the UK because it was enjoying a larger fiscal stimulus. Most of you agreed, but some were extremely...
Read this entry »Why is the US economy doing better than the UK?
All the so called neo-Kenysians are out and about telling us that the US is recovering well owing to further fiscal stimulus, whilst the...
Read this entry »It’s still the economy stupid
Yesterday in Parlliament the Leader of the Opposition could hardly wait to get through a couple of questions on the economy,...
Read this entry »Equitable Life
I attended today the All Party Group on Equitable Life compensation at the request of constituents. The Group’s executive raised...
Read this entry »Wokingham Times
This week we are awaiting some important figures to tell us whether the UK economy went forward in the first three months of this year or not. We already know that...
Read this entry »Mr Redwood’s contribution to the debate on Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993, 24 Ap
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): Does the Minister believe the UK is bound by the Maastricht rules that its deficit should be 3% per annum and no more, and that...
Read this entry »Quarter One 2012 – Government carries on growing, construction shrinks
The headline figure of minus 0.2% for economic growth in the first quarter of 2012 may be revised at a later date. It confirms that the economy is becalmed...
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