Introduction
Underline 21st July 2024 in your diaries.
This will be the publication date of the Office for National Statistics data for the UK’s public debt in June 2024.
Barring a turnaround in the direction-of-travel, the debt will exceed 100% of GDP.
UK public finances between January and May 2024
Debt was 99.8% of GDP in May, although for some […]
Labour’s plans for the economy
Labour’s plans for growing the UK economy have been highlighted as being based on fresh air by a group of prominent Remainers and Rejoiners:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/22/starmer-growth-plan-doomed-access-eu-markets-economists
Their argument is that Labour’s plans for growth are unachievable without a shot-in-the-arm from somewhere. That we can agree on. They contend that rejoining the EU is this […]
Cover of Global Britain paper
Labour’s plans for the economy once they are in power have been dressed up in words like ‘stability’, ‘investment’, and ‘security’. They represent a great leap forward – over the precipice on the edge of which the UK already teeters.
This is laid out in the Global Britain paper ‘De-coding Rachel Reeves […]