Using ONS data I calculate that private sector pay growth has outpaced public sector pay growth by around 5% cumulative since just before Covid started. That captures a few periods where the public s… (View Post)

I was warned off entering criminal law as a teenager doing work experience almost 15+ years ago. Because pay was so awful for junior barristers, and it took a long time and experience to be able to g… (View Post)

It seems to me that Harris has achieved the 'Boris' trick of taking over the leadership from an incumbent of the same party, but sufficiently differentiated herself to appear to be the popu… (View Post)

Rising inflation was built in over the second half of this year. Some speculation it was why Sunak called the election while it remained on target (much help that did). This inflation print was actua… (View Post)

The government doesn't need to compulsorily purchase green belt land. It just needs to issue planning permission more readily for existing green belt land and let either the private or public se… (View Post)