Publications
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Economics & Social Policy Publications
Tax and Spending: Views of the British Public
Neil O'BrienRead Publication This report surveyed a 3,000 strong sample of the British population on their attitudes towards multiple aspects of tax and spending, including: The balance of tax and spending Attitudes to different tax rises Attitudes to current tax levels Support...
Escaping the Poverty Trap: How to help people on benefits into work
Lawrence KayThe report recommends reducing the expected rises in benefits over the next few years, tapering away the Family element of the Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit at 39% once the Child Element has been exhausted and raising the earnings disregard for all means-tested benefits to £92.80.
The Power of Numbers: Why Europe needs to get younger
Policy ExchangeThe Power of Numbers looks at what population changes will mean as numbers continue to rise in the developing world, across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and how the economic, political and military balance of power across the globe will be affected.
Value in Public Services
Rhodri DaviesThis report argues that a new concept of value is needed to form the basis for reform of public services. We identify five elements of value against which services should be judged.
Public Sector Pensions: The UK’s second national debt
James Mackenzie Smith and Lawrence KayThis report reveals the true extent of the public sector pension debt, which until now has been kept hidden and out of official figures. The cost of these schemes is much larger even the publicly acknowledged national debt.
Reforming the UK Family Tax and Benefit System
Natalie EvansReforming the UK Family Tax and Benefits System reveals that the average middle-income family today pays £6,016 in tax and National Insurance contributions, but gets back £5,383 as social security and family payments. This unnecessary churning has undermined family independence and self-reliance and turned four-fifths of the nation’s families (around 5.5 million households) into welfare claimants.
Controlling Public Spending: The Scale of the Challenge
Neil O'Brien and Dr Andrew LilicoGovernment spending is growing far more quickly than in other countries, and faster than in previous recessions. This report finds that the surge in spending is not being driven by the recession.
Families in Britain: the impact of changing family structures
Natalie EvansFamilies in Britain aims to be a starting point for a debate on policy, charting the changing nature of the family, and what that means for parents, children and our wider society.
The Balanced Incentive Scheme
Helen ThomasThe Balanced Incentive Scheme proposes reforms to the current remuneration system.
Compassionate Economics: The social foundations of economic prosperity – a personal view
Jesse Norman MPCompassionate Economics: the social foundations of economic prosperity – a personal view is an examination of the fundamental drivers of both economic prosperity and social wellbeing, from which Jesse Norman attempts to set out a new economic agenda for the centre-right.
