The Treasury has tended to keep a tight rein on spending.
- Lecturer in Politics, University of Bristol
Rachel Reeves is aiming for growth and has focused tax rises on the well-off.
It may not be an election winner but the budget contained multiple traps for Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves.
Angela Rayner’s expansive policy brief faces the threat of ‘short-termism’ perhaps more than any other. If Labour win power, will Rayner be able to fight against these short-term political incentives?
Jeremy Hunt’s first budget day as chancellor was in many ways more about politics than economics. Historically, the Conservative party’s electoral success has been based on a reputation for economic competence…
With an election ahead and finances stretched to capacity, the prime minister has a difficult balancing act to strike.
The levelling up white paper outlines plans for regional devolution in England, but they will be meaningless without reform at the top.
Local authorities are on the front line of the coronavirus crisis but London continues to hold the purse strings.
The devolution of NHS budget to Manchester is part of a broader trend that allows central government enough control but without much of the responsibility for delivery or failure.
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