The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, revealed in his Budget plans to raise taxes a Treasury-led panic to pay off the Covid debt as soon as possible. This was then supported by…
Patrick Minford
Patrick Minford
Professor Patrick Minford is one of the UK’s leading macroeconomists and holds the chair of Applied Economics at Cardiff University. He has written extensively about the economics of the European Union and is the chair of Economists for Free Trade.
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In its election manifesto the Conservative party committed itself to following a fiscal rule to ensure a balanced budget by 2022/3. While that may have made sense as a tactical election…
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Now that Brexit has finally been done, it is vital that Boris Johnson’s new government quickly grasps all the policy opportunities that are there in the post-Brexit environment. They are…