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Feelings of economic insecurity serve as a signal of poor government performance.
Overall, the budget nudges the UK towards paying more tax now to avoid an even more financially fragile NHS later.
The political calculations that explain Labour’s tax and spend budget.
Chancellors don’t want to spook investors.
Nothing is certain but debt and taxes.
Do Rachel Reeves’ sums add up?
The limit was introduced to cut the welfare bill, but at what cost?
Over the past half-century, a rising share of economic activity in the UK and other rich countries has been connected with ‘bad’ wealth accumulation.
How Ottawa responds through its fiscal strategy will determine whether Canada can navigate this new geopolitical and economic reality.
Budget 2025 failed to provide any measures to support and equip entrepreneurs and family business owners for generational transitions.
The case for taxing wealth has historically come from the political mainstream – so why is it so unpalatable now?
This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy.
Lawmakers who are aligned politically with the president are increasingly voting in line with the chief executive. Doing otherwise could cost them on Election Day.
Non-compete clauses can have a chilling effect on employee mobility, which is detrimental to competition in the labour market.
Australians will save on the costs of scripts and on GP visits. But the budget doesn’t start the reforms needed to secure the health system’s long-term future.
We really need another budget post election. That’s because this one is about chasing votes – and could be quickly overtaken by Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement.
The cyclone looks set to hit many household budgets – from higher building costs to damaged crops raising prices on staples like fruit and vegetables.
This budget will frame the campaign that follows for a May election (the options are May 3, 10 or 17), and elevate the status of measures it contains.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Social Science, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Industrial Strategy & Regional Development, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regions and Industrial Strategy (CGRIS), University of Bath
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Head of Department of Economics, Finance & Accounting, Brunel University of London
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Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Glasgow
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Professor in Social Policy, University of Glasgow
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PhD Candidate in Economics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Health Economics, Brunel University of London
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nuffield Politics Research Centre, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in Law, University of Reading
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University