Have the prime minister’s favoured tax cuts and supply-side reforms worked in the past?
- Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Hull
Previous government bailouts have set a precedent for intervention in the cost of living crisis
The prime minister’s party has long sought to reconcile political popularity with fiscal constraint.
When you look at what the PM is up against, the Brexit trade negotiations might almost seem like light relief.
With Brexit and another general election on the horizon, these spending plans are highly likely to change.
It’s a strategically poor choice – and that’s no coincidence.
Just a week after her government said seeking a short extension would be a wrong move, the prime minister has folded.
There was token investment in driverless cars, but this was a pitiful budget by a rudderless government.
After monumental successes in the 2017 general election, the Scottish Conservative leader could be a real threat to Theresa May. Then again…
A generous funding package for Northern Ireland has gone down like a lead balloon in other parts of the country.
Philip Hammond’s Mansion House speech was long on coded warnings, and short on optimism.
It accounts for a huge proportion of votes, yet parties rarely offer English-specific policies.
As pressure mounts, the prime minister needs to prove that her thinking is not ‘muddled’ on some key issues.
Caroline Johnson won with a large majority in the by-election in Lincolnshire.
The former PM appears to be distancing himself from the policies of the new government.
With this budget, George Osborne has shown he’s a sophisticated political operator.
Some small victories aside, neither party comes out shining.
Mainstream politicians see no benefit in playing to English identity. They’re missing a trick.
Osborne’s confidence in the Commons won’t mean much to hard up workers.
In the first of a series of keynote speeches Prime Minister David Cameron identified the central theme of the Conservative Party’s 2015 general election manifesto: “to get Britain back to living within…
In the week Gordon Brown announced he will stand down from his Westminster constituency at the May 2015 general election, two central observations come to mind. From the Brown government to its Cameron-Clegg…
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