As I argued in my talk to the Centre for Science & Policy @ Cambridge University this week, the UK's deviation from public finance international accounting standards is largely responsible for lower investment and wider bond yields.
Looking forward to discussing the Government's flawed infrastructure policy with Policy Fellows at the Centre for Science & Policy at the University of Cambridge.
Fascinating provocative talk from the brilliant Charles Goodhart on his new book about rising inflation www.fmg.ac.uk/events/unanc...
BCC Growth Report by Andy Haldane arguing for self-funding development corporations to issue debt off the public balance sheet as per EU www.britishchambers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Delivering-Growth-From-Ambition-to-Action-Report.pdf @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social @guardianheather.bsky.social
detailed plan to reform business rates by making it cheaper to deliver and removing plant and machinery from the valuation can be found in this @centreforcities.bsky.social report. www.centreforcities.org/wp-content/u...
www.ft.com/content/1e92... [email protected] arguing “We have the right economic plan to deal with these challenges" Using gilts to fund infrastructure is not the right approach. Self-funding public corporations are - which the Chancellor rejected resulting in a higher cost of borrowing.
No surprises here www.ft.com/content/c7f0... The UK's business rates regime is expensive to deliver & crucially penalises capital investment. The Chancellor could have taken the opportunity to reform business rates but instead took a sticking plaster approach that made the system more complex. A
Jeremy Hunt growth policies could emerge in Labour leadership election. @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social @guardianheather.bsky.social @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk @mattwgriffith.bsky.social @martinsandbu.ft.com @chrisgiles.ft.com @chriscurtis94.bsky.social
Thomas Aubrey
Thomas Aubrey
Thomas Aubrey
Thomas Aubrey
Thomas Aubrey
Thomas Aubrey
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www.ft.com/content/1e92... [email protected] arguing “We have the right economic plan to deal with these challenges" Using gilts to fund infrastructure is not the right approach. Self-funding public corporations are - which the Chancellor rejected resulting in a higher cost of borrowing.
Thomas Aubrey
Book launch of Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan’s new book The Unanchored Central Banker.
Two key policy proposals in Jeremy Hunt's book to boost #infrastructure & #housebuilding may well emerge in the Labour leadership election. 1) Hunt argues development corporations should acquire land at low prices driving up the rate of housebuilding fourfold. The Chancellor rejected this policy
