Terminology
One area in which transparency is somewhat lacking is in relation to terminology. A tax credit – a real one – is paid by someone’s employer or the tax authorities Read More
One area in which transparency is somewhat lacking is in relation to terminology. A tax credit – a real one – is paid by someone’s employer or the tax authorities Read More
The Adam Smith Institute has contributed to the current debate on income maintenance by publishing Free Market Welfare: The case for a negative income tax. The Institute summarises the report: Read More
In his July 2015 budget statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, promised to increase the Income Tax Personal Allowance to £12,500 and the Higher Rate Threshold to £50,000 Read More
The Resolution Foundation has published a report, Making the most of UC: Final report of the Resolution Foundation review of Universal Credit: ‘Today’s high withdrawal rates mean that, for many Read More
Policy Press, 2015, 1 84742 986 5, hbk, x + 201 pp, £70 The Conservative Party is again in power, and this time untrammelled by a coalition partner. The 2015 Read More
Policy Press, 2015, 1 84742 965 0, hbk, ix + 288 pp, £75 This thorough and important book by a New Zealand academic studies changing public attitudes to welfare provisions Read More
2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 1 137 36715 0, hbk, xix + 231 pp, £18.99 For these authors, ‘future work’ is something that is happening and it is something that Read More
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, viii + 201 pp, pbk, 1 137 35505 8, £19 This book puts together some very simple connected ideas: that the economy’s task is to produce what Read More
Policy Press, 2014, xiii + 231 pp, hbk, 1 44730 871 3, £70, pbk, 1 44730 870 6, £24.99. As the title of this book suggests, at its heart is Read More
Policy Press, 2014, xi + 272 pp, hbk, 1 44731 074 7, £70 The agenda is this: Politicians frequently claim to support liberty and empowerment. Yet governments and political leaders Read More