The British public should be wary of the recent fad of lavish infrastructure spending as often they are little more … Continue reading “It’s time for a new take on infrastructure spending – but not the one Westminster picked”

To many people’s relief, there were not many big ideas in Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement last month. In so far … Continue reading “Those who benefit from new infrastructure should pay for it”

This article was first published by The Independent. One of the good ideas in yesterday’s Autumn Statement was the scrapping … Continue reading “Autumn Statement: splashing central government money around is not ‘devolution’”

Britons are all too aware of the problems of political and economic centralisation. Indeed, the trend for more and more … Continue reading “A federal Britain will make us richer and help communities thrive”

The Economist, 11 April 2020 – Continued from part 1 (healthcare) – Up until 2016, the UK was one of the … Continue reading “An article from an unlikely future. Part 2: Decentralisation”

In all the sound and fury of the coming election, it’s important not to forget the areas where the parties … Continue reading “How and how not to devolve power”

In August, BBC News launched an online calculator which enabled people to work out whether their house was earning more … Continue reading “Liberating the housing market through fiscal decentralisation”

If necessity is the mother of invention, politicians of all stripes will have to be spectacularly inventive in dealing with … Continue reading “Truly radical devolution of powers could banish big government in the UK forever”

In denying the Scots the option of devo-max, David Cameron made arguably the most monumental mistake of any recent premiership. … Continue reading “Cameron’s monumental error – the pursuit of the mediocre as the enemy of the perfect”