Richard McManus – The Conversation

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April 5, 2024

How cuts to marginal income tax could boost the UK’s stagnant economic growth

Dawid Trzeciakiewicz, Loughborough University and Richard McManus, Canterbury Christ Church University

Different taxes affect investment in different ways.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt: even in a crisis, don’t expect the government to play with a straight bat. Ian Davidson/Alamy

November 21, 2022

Gulcin Ozkan, King's College London; Dawid Trzeciakiewicz, Loughborough University, and Richard McManus, Canterbury Christ Church University

Cutting infrastructure spending and maintaining the pensions triple lock are among the questionable moves in Jeremy Hunt’s statement.

Wages and consumer goods are in the firing line. Etienne Giradet/Unsplash

April 6, 2022

Richard McManus, Canterbury Christ Church University; Dawid Trzeciakiewicz, Loughborough University, and Gulcin Ozkan, King's College London

While the media mainly worries about the cost of employee NI hikes and household energy bills, they’re missing an important part of the story.

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May 5, 2020

Gulcin Ozkan, King's College London; Dawid Trzeciakiewicz, Loughborough University, and Richard McManus, Canterbury Christ Church University

Employment levels regularly dip after crisis.

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February 11, 2019

Gulcin Ozkan, University of York and Richard McManus, Canterbury Christ Church University

Parliaments might argue more but they make democracy more stable and produce stronger economies.