Public finances
The successes and failures of the Treasury's Covid response
The Treasury’s secretive approach to working with other departments hindered aspects of the government's Covid pandemic response.
The Treasury during Covid
The Treasury's Covid approach contributed to "tug of war" in government.
Funding changes signal an end to the government’s ambitious social care reform package
Stuart Hoddinott says the government’s latest announcement is short-sighted, stores up problems, and leaves a key manifesto pledge unfulfilled.
The Office of Tax Simplification
This short guest paper examines the work of the Office of Tax Simplification over the 12 years of its life.
What should succeed the Office for Tax Simplification?
The experience of the OTS shows the UK needs to widen the public debate on tax.
Pensions tax policy needs to be more than a political football
Successive governments have taken an unserious approach to pensions policy
Does Jeremy Hunt’s budget have a growth strategy?
Giles Wilkes goes in search of a growth strategy in the chancellor’s budget.
A welcome NHS pay deal has taken too long to reach
The government may claim that its hardline approach paid off, but the six months of damage it has caused is surely not a price worth paying.
The Morning After The Budget Before
Henry Hill, Deputy Editor of Conservative Home, joins us to assess Jeremy Hunt's budget.
The latest HS2 delays expose deeper problems with UK infrastructure planning
HS2's troubled history points to deeper problems with the way the UK plans major infrastructure projects.