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Gemma Tetlow
Chief Economist
Gemma's recent work
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Capital spending in public services
Crumbling schools, hospitals and prisons need a new capital spending plan to turn performance around.
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Ruling out tax rises undermines Sunak's and Starmer's credibility on public services
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are making tax pledges that limit their public spending options.
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The job of costing opposition policies should be removed from ministerial influence
The latest row between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer is a reminder of why opposition policy costings should be viewed with extreme caution.
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Budgets
Governments require parliament’s approval to spend money, as well as to raise revenue in the form of taxes.
Understanding the economic impact of Brexit
Forecasts of the economic impacts of Brexit focus on the long-term and do not provide a guide to the immediate disruption from ‘no deal’.
Performance Tracker 2018
Government is quietly shifting costs of public services on to individuals.
The short-term economic impact of a no deal Brexit matters too
A no deal Brexit could be disruptive in the short term unless softened by a number of side deals.
The Government needs to spell out its spending priorities
The Chancellor has not yet said how much he will spend on other public services in 2020/21 or beyond.
The way the Government has announced its plans for the NHS makes those plans harder to achieve
The Prime Minister has made the job of persuading the public that tax rises - or looser fiscal targets - will be needed much more difficult.
Hypothecated tax is no long-term solution for funding health and social care
A one-off tax to fund health and social care might solve the short-term problem but would do nothing more than kick the problem down the road.