Public sector wages playing catch up. Or should public sector workers' pay fall ever further behind that in the private sector? (Good luck with recruitment and retainment when TAs and nurses can… (View Post)

Athens is amazing. Can't say I blame them for wanting their bits and bobs back. (View Post)

I have looked at polling on the UK fiscal outlook especially on spending on the elderly. There is no recognition among the public of fiscal realities, unfortunately. We slag off our political class b… (View Post)

It is very much focused on young people. In the last eight months the unemployment rate for those 35 and older has actually declined by 0.2pp to 2.9%, while that for those aged under 35 has risen 1.3… (View Post)

With Putin's guy in the White House why should we expect anything else. Let's hope we don't get Putin's guy in Number 10. (View Post)