For years, politicians of all stripes have talked about turning Britain into a ‘science and technology superpower’. It is an appealing slogan. The UK has world-class universities, top researchers and a reputation for remarkable scientific discoveries. On paper, the country should be an innovation leader. But as new research from the Centre for Policy Studies […]
As we head into the Budget, the Government continues to make all the right noises about growth. Yet the policy still falls far short of the rhetoric – as confirmed by the latest GDP figures, which once again painted the picture of a flatlining economy. The gap between rhetoric and reality is nowhere more apparent […]
Whitehall is losing over four million working days a year to staff sickness: absenteeism in the Civil Service is on course to surpass its previous peak of 8.3 days per employee, with the Department for Transport already averaging 9.2 days lost per head. For taxpayers, this is not simply an HR statistic, but a bill […]
Britain is heading towards a fiscal crisis, and yet reforms remain elusive. The Office for Budget Responsibility has issued repeated warnings: runaway spending on healthcare and welfare, exacerbated by an ageing population, is simply unsustainable. The IMF recently echoed this, calling for urgent spending reform. The UK’s budget deficit stands at 5.7% of GDP – […]
