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Why Britain Needs A Taxpayer Protection Act
Most UK families, business leaders and investors will spend the next month trying to ignore the ever-darkening economic clouds that are gathering in the run-up to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ autumn Budget. Her problems have been mounting for months. First her…
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‘Smart data’ will boost UK growth, but Britain has to move faster
John gave the Keynote Speech at the London 2025 Smart Data Show, saying the UK has a world-leading position in growth-boosting Smart Data supply-side economic reforms, but that we need to move faster if we’re going to stay ahead of…
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We’ve given OBR an impossible task: let’s simplify their job
Asking any forecaster to predict Government debt 5 years ahead is an impossible task, but because it’s in the Government’s Fiscal Rules that’s exactly what the Office for Budgetary Responsibility (OBR) has to try and do. Here’s how to end…
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How To Make Britain’s Energy Cheap As Well As Green
This week the high priests of Net Zero on the Climate Change Committee told MPs that global temperatures are likely to rise by a lot more than 1.5 degrees, so we need to start adapting British buildings and infrastructure to cope…
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Online Lies, Bias, Bots & Trolls: Which Answers Protect Free Speech?
AI means the power & speed of online rumours, lies and bias are growing fast, with rising danger of damage to elections, jobs & trust across all societies. The newly-launched Council for Countering Online Disinformation (CCOD – John is a…
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The Case for a Public Productivity Act
Most Chancellors spend a lot of time peering nervously upwind to spot approaching economic storms and squalls, but Rachel Reeves won’t need a particularly strong telescope to pick out the procession of dark clouds that are heading her way. Some…
