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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.
All work
Supermarket cashback highlights need for Treasury to review its Covid rescue offer
Rishi Sunak must do more to target his Covid support packages and avoid wasting taxpayers’ money
Rishi Sunak must explain the need for tax rises after coronavirus
To make the UK’s public finances sustainable again will require higher taxes
Five things we learnt from the 2020 spending review
Before the spending review, we outlined five things to look for in the chancellor’s announcement. We assess what the statement told us about each one.
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Rishi Sunak’s Job Support Scheme fixes deficiencies with his previous post-furlough scheme plan but will almost certainly waste taxpayers’ money by pr
Rishi Sunak is right to delay the spending review – but was wrong to delay this decision
Delaying the planned multi-year spending review has put unnecessary pressure on departments
Support for business during the coronavirus crisis
How national and subnational governments have so far supported businesses during the crisis.
The government should delay the spending review as well as the budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has sensibly announced he will not present a budget this autumn.
Whitehall Monitor: The cost of Covid-19
Covid-19 is already likely to cost the UK government £317bn – in increased public borrowing – in 2020/21 alone.
Rishi Sunak must build public support before introducing tax changes
The chancellor should make clear what his objectives are for borrowing and debt but he should not attempt to announce a full plan for tax
Five things we learnt from Rishi Sunak's summer economic statement
The chancellor has set out the ‘second phase’ of the government’s economic response to coronavirus