There’s an old saying that if you laid all the economists in the world end to end, they still wouldn’t reach a conclusion. But even so, most of them would agree that Britain’s economy doesn’t invest enough. We’re wedded to short-term consumer demand rather than investing in long-term growth like…
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Westminster is even madder than usual at the moment. The usual Brexit-mania has been given extra spice by the Conservative leadership contest as well. But it’s not just a ‘Westminster bubble’ issue; Jeremy vs Boris matters here in Weston and the villages too. On substance, there’s less between them than…
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The age of austerity is nearly over. After eight long years, we aren’t having to borrow to pay for day-to-day spending on essentials like health, education, policing or defence. It’s all funded by our taxes, at last. We’re paying our way without maxing out the national credit card. Hooray! But…
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Nelson Mandela said that education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world, and he was right. In today’s global knowledge economy, high-quality skills aren’t just the engines of Britain’s wealth and growth; they give each of us choices about what kind of life we…
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