Every Housing Crisis Has a Silver Lining
Home ownership is reaching an all-time low. House prices are unaffordable for many. Let us use this housing crisis to recreate our cities – not only to provide a home for everyone, but to...
Economics and Business
What’s happening in the economy and how it affects you.
Make the Economy Fail Again!
In his attempt to make America great again, Donald Trump will not only fail, but damage an already vulnerable world economy. For the last 18 months, Trump has hounded the global political elite for...
The “Gig Economy”: time for a change of tune
Flexible labour contracts are the new norm. But the left need not fear, for Deliveroo’s workers have shown that social organisation is still possible in the “Gig Economy”. Historically, global economic activity has always...
TTIPing Point
TTIP, the proposed free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union, is having its last rites read. Lovers of free trade should dance on its grave and celebrate its passing. “In...
Give us More Austerity
The Government recently abandoned its intention to move to a budget surplus over the next parliament. This decision is very damaging to the prospects of the next generation. It is essential that we move...
Don’t Let Our Industries Rust Away
The government’s lack of an industrial strategy is seriously jeopardising Britain’s economy. Our future prosperity depends on a revival in production, says Antony Tucker. Steel yourself. The growing crisis in Britain’s steel industry has...
A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down
George Osborne announced a tax on sugary drinks to distract from his economic failures, but the policy should be welcomed nonetheless. Last Wednesday, George Osborne delivered his eighth Budget to the House of Commons....
Modi Operandi
Matt Gillow reports from Delhi on the challenges facing India if it wants to become a global power. India: vibrant, colourful and intense. The sub-continent rouses the imagination and causes havoc with the senses...
What Actually Happened in 2008
Joseph Ward attempts to shed some light on the events which led up to the 2008 economic crash. Should Labour get the blame? Let’s cut to the esoteric truth. Throughout the election period, David...
Is Red Tape Choking House Building?
Guest contributor, Hugo Garvey, takes a look at the housing crisis, its effects and possible solutions. “They move us to Peckham, two bedrooms, not even in a council house,” Ashram, a 17-year-old living in...
Bring on Austerity!
In response to Ross Baxter’s savaging of austerity, Conservative activist, Stephen McKenzie, explains why now, more than ever, frugal fiscal policy is needed. Austerity is not fun, it’s not nice, and sometimes it’s not...
A 20p increase just isn’t good enough.
Earlier this year, the Low Pay Commission recommended that the National Minimum Wage for adults should rise by 20p to £6.70 per hour. Whilst this is an above inflation rise, and would mean that...
