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Crackers: a comparison of UK spending on benefits with other countries | Social Policy
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Paul Spicker: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. June 22, 2015. Crackers: a comparison of UK spending on benefits with other countries. George Osborne and Iain Duncan Smith have been writing in the papers to say that the UK’s spending on benefits is “crackers”. They’re quoted. When the UK is compared to other OECD countries, its expenditure starts to look at little more moderate. The figures are here. June 22, 2015 - 1:52 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. A draf...
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Are migrants “taking advantage”? | Social Policy
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Paul Spicker: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. July 21, 2015. Are migrants “taking advantage”? Headline trumpets, “Migrants take advantage of generous welfare state”. The basis for this is a briefing paper. By Migration Watch which uses Labour Force Survey statistics to break down the receipt of certain benefits by country of origin. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). August 29, 2016.
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Why EVEL is the wrong approach | Social Policy
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Paul Spicker: commentary and updates. Introduction to Social Policy. July 20, 2015. Why EVEL is the wrong approach. Third, devolution is not a good reason to reduce the authority of regional representatives within Parliament. The government has promised further devolution to English regions, for example enabling a new Manchester-centred authority to act on policing and transport. Should that mean that Manchester MPs shouldn’t vote on transport and policing issues in Parliament? Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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mainly macro: Is economics jargon distortionary?
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Comment on macroeconomic issues. Tuesday, 22 July 2014. Is economics jargon distortionary? Employees are already beset by red tape if they try to improve their working conditions. Now the UK government wants. I doubt if you have ever read a paragraph that applies language in this way. Yet why should laws that apply to employers be regarded as a regulatory burden, but laws that apply to employees are not? Labour markets, alongside financial markets. Here, as elsewhere. Indeed, lump sum taxes (a.k....It is...
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mainly macro: Scotland and the SNP: Fooling yourselves and deceiving others
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Comment on macroeconomic issues. Thursday, 11 September 2014. Scotland and the SNP: Fooling yourselves and deceiving others. There are many laudable reasons to campaign for Scottish independence. But how far should those who passionately want independence be prepared to go to achieve that goal? Should they, for example, deceive the Scottish people about the basic economics involved? Paying back, if you like, for all the earlier years when North Sea oil production was at its peak. But perhaps I can paraph...
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Housing | TessaCoombes
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Skip to primary content. The UK is in the grips of a housing crisis. Few could deny that we are not building enough homes, but so far there seems little consensus about how we solve it! The figures are there for all to see – we build only around 40% of the homes needed every year, thereby continuing to make the problem worse year on year. 8211; blogs on housing and lots of other stuff. 8211; blog from the Guardian. 8211; blog on politics and social housing. 8211; social housing blog. 18/09/2013 at 4:06 pm.
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Resources | Dr Graham Squires
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Alex Marsh: Economics and Politics. Intelligent Economist: Top Economics Blogs 2016. Tim Harford: The Undercover Economist. Adams, David. and Tiesdell, Steve . (2013). Shaping Places: urban planning design and development. Routledge. Armatys, John. Askham, Phil. Green, Mike. (2009). Principles of Valuation. Estates Gazette Books. Balchin, Paul. Isaac, David. and Chen, Jean. (2000). Urban economics: A Global Perspective. Palgrave. Bryson, Bill. (1990). Mother Tongue. Penguin. Denscombe, Martyn. (2010)...
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Conservatives | Jules Birch
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A bit about politics, quite a bit about social policy, a lot about housing. July 5, 2016. Originally published on July 5 on Inside Edge 2. My blog for Inside Housing. I wouldn’t pretend for a second that housing is anywhere near top of the to do list for the five contenders to be the new Conservative leader and prime minister or that the winner will mean a radical change in approach. So what about housing? There are divisions between the contenders on their attitudes: some are ready to concede a role for...
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