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Think Small - A blueprint for supporting UK small businesses
‘Think Small’ is a new report which looks to make life a lot easier for small companies. It is authored by Nick King, Head of Business at the Centre for Policy Studies. The report calls for the Government to adopt an emblematic policy to champion small and family businesses: the Simple Consolidated Tax.
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NHS needs a Royal Commission to deliver health system fit for the 21st century
Lord Saatchi presses for a Royal Commission into the future of the NHS
Beware of BT Mobile Domination
The growing dominance of BT in the spectrum market is leading to higher prices for customers. Ofcom needs to prioritise action.
Housing: The Moment of Maximum Opportunity
CPS report sets out recommendations to meet the UK's urgent housing need.
LGPS: A Lost Decade
Michael Johnson reports on the "Lost Decade" for the local government pension schemes that has seen costs skyrocket with no reward for savers.
The Kindness of Strangers
The Bank of England must stop ‘depending on kindness of strangers’ to bolster the UK economy.
Time for a DfiD diet?
Over 30 years, extreme poverty has fallen from one in two to one in five in the developing world. Evidence shows that international trade rather than overseas aid has achieved this
Brexit, Agriculture and Agricultural Policy
Agricultural policy has huge potential for Britain, both in the negotiations before Brexit and benefits afterward.
Get Rail Competition Back on Track
UK rail passengers are suffering from militant Trade Union action and poor performance by Network Rail. In response, the Government should publicly support competition on UK rail.
80% of fund management industry redundant
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to be congratulated on its recent interim Asset Management Market Study. Its robust, independent and damning evidence skewers any justification that active fund management of listed assets is worth the candle. The consequences for the asset management industry are potentially devastating, but radical surgery is long overdue.
Grade B for Hammond's last Autumn Statement
Daniel Mahoney and Tim Knox provide a detailed examination of the UK final Autumn Statement.
Infrastructure can be a bad investment
Often justified in terms of being “affordable” in a world where the current cost of government borrowing is extraordinarily low, advocating high levels of infrastructure spending is firmly in fashion.
The Free Ports Opportunity
Brexit provides a new trade opportunity for Britain: the creation of Free Ports, writes Rishi Sunak MP.
The State Pension: No Longer Fit for Purpose
The State Pension is facing fiscal calamity. Total spending on it has increased by 25% since 2010-11. Michael Johnson urges the Government to take action.
Labour's £17,500 bill for families
Labour’s plans on infrastructure, welfare, employment legislation, tuition fees and shale gas could cost every household nearly £17,500 in just one parliamentary term.
Complexity, Uncertainty and Cost
New proposals to address tax avoidance by multi-national corporations could, unintentionally, delay or cancel much-needed UK infrastructure and real estate development.