The delinkage of productivity and real wages is the underlying cause of the economic crisis. As a result of this delinking, consumer income has lagged output GDP, and the gap Read More
The Government is planning to localise Council Tax Benefit. Local authorities, which currently administer a national scheme, will be asked to invent their own schemes. At the same time, the Read More
In response to the Government’s current policies for reducing the debt generated by the previous Government’s bail-out of the banks, the Compass thinktank has published Plan B: a good economy Read More
In September 2010 the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that he would withdraw 100% of Child Benefit from any household in which someone was paying higher rate Income Tax (currently Read More
This article was first published on the Open Democracy website on 24 October 2011. We are grateful to permission to republish it. Unemployment hit a 17-year high in the three Read More
In this issue of the Citizen’s Income Newsletter three of the book reviews are on the same theme: Taxation. We review the publications which have emerged from the Mirrlees review, Read More
I am a British economist currently working in Shanghai. Discussion about manufacture of Solar PV panels with a friend, who is CEO of a major producer, brought home to me Read More
These are interesting times for debate on the reform of the tax and benefits system. By the time you read this Newsletter the Government’s consultation period on the future of Read More