The Toyota Camry looks like a nice family car to buy, with 2019 models coming in at around £29,000. Now … Continue reading “Why the Augar report on student funding is a step backwards”

The Taylor Review – introduced in the first chapter by ‘Matthew’, as our demotic times seem to require – is … Continue reading “Matthew Taylor’s Seven Pillars of Employment Wisdom”

Some of us were hopeful that following the election, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills might be closed down. … Continue reading “Note to the people at BIS: Don’t just do something, stand there”

British universities are tightly regulated. But, as often happens with regulation, bureaucratic procedures do not guarantee that things work well. … Continue reading “Scrap the REF”

Many British critics of the EU have argued for making significant repatriation of government powers over employment regulation a key … Continue reading “Would repatriating powers over employment regulation make much of a difference?”

We worry a lot about the problems of getting young people into the workforce, as school leavers or even as graduates. While … Continue reading “We should liberalise children’s employment”

Despite all the furore about immigration, comparatively little is written about emigration. But what we know about emigrants from the … Continue reading “Revolving doors and one-way streets: a disaggregated look at the UK’s migration figures”

Despite a remarkable reduction in employment tribunal claims, the system continues to throw up major problems for employers, with potentially … Continue reading “The perils of Britain’s incoherent employment regulations”

Earlier this week the Institute for Fiscal Studies published the results of two related research projects evaluating the effects of … Continue reading “Why childcare subsidies have been ineffective”