Commentary & Podcasts

Before Tuesday’s ESRC-sponsored Ask the Expert at the SMF my answer to this question might have been “…exactly the opposite to what the UK currently has” (see my papers here and here). However, Dan Finn’s presentation has made me take a slightly more nuanced view.

In this blog we look at the possible impact of Brexit on Government targets for the public finances, including deficit reduction and borrowing. We find that the impact leaves many of the spending suggestions made during the referendum campaign unfunded.

In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask The Expert seminar, Luke Sibieta of the Institute for Fiscal Studies discussed the Government’s proposed new funding formula for schools in England, together with its implications. The formula determines the way that funding is allocated between different schools; and the changes could result in a radical shake-up of the way English schools are funded.

In our latest ESRC-sponsored Ask The Expert seminar, Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, and Professor Anand Menon, Director of UK in a Changing Europe at King's College London, gave their analysis of the EU referendum polls.

In the latest of our ESRC-sponsored Ask The Expert seminars, Professor Michael Devereux, Director of Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, discussed whether multinationals pay enough tax.