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Hammond turns to science (…and mayors must follow)

By Andy Westwood Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Inclusive Growth, Urban Posted: November 29, 2016

There may or may not be a plan for Brexit, but after the Autumn Statement last week, there is now at least a plan for mitigating it. In summary, it is based on abandoning George Osborne’s fiscal targets and borrowing significant amounts in order to fund infrastructure and to finance a new industrial strategy. Taken […]

Tagged With: autumn statement, Brexit, economic policy, regional mayors

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Questions remain over Northern future

Michael Dawson By Michael Dawson Filed Under: Featured Posted: December 4, 2014

George Osborne announced additional funding for science and culture in the North in his autumn statement, but Michael Dawson of Campaign for the North, a political movement aiming for devo max for the region, says he didn’t go far enough. In the wake of the Autumn Statement, serious questions still need to be answered surrounding […]

Tagged With: autumn statement, Campaign for north, Northern Powerhouse, regional mayors

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Not So Much an Autumn Statement, More a (Tory) Manifesto for a Small State?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Featured Posted: December 3, 2014

Today’s Autumn Statement by Chancellor George Osborne was both a report card and a manifesto. It was a (self written) report card on the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government that has been in power since May 2010. But it was also a manifesto for the Conservative-only government George Osborne would like to see after May 2015. […]

Tagged With: autumn statement, budget, Public Sepnding

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Never Letting a Good Crisis Go to Waste: George Osborne’s plans to permanently ‘roll back the state’.

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: December 5, 2013

Professor Colin Talbot reflects on an Autumn statement that was really a mini-Budget – and some fine detail that hints at the Chancellor’s ultimate intentions. Much of the comment on today’s Autumn Statement by Chancellor George Osborne will focus on the specific measures he announced (there were lots) and on the short-term politics of the […]

Tagged With: autumn statement, budget, economy, OBR, osborne

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