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Budget day
I will add to my thoughts after the budget.
As readers will know I have done a lot of work on how to bring inflation down and grow the economy faster and put this to government in recent weeks.
Reform to deliver low inflation and faster growth has to start with a...Read More »
My question on the Farming Debate – growing our own food
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):
I am a strong supporter of the recent initiatives of the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister to make food growing far more important. What are the targets for getting much more self-sufficient in food, and will it not need further reorientation of the money away...Read More »
Since 2010 the UK economy has created an average of 800 jobs a day
Despite covid lockdowns, despite the war in Ukraine, despite destructive Bank of England policy creating a big inflation then seeking to create a small recession, unemployment has gone lower over the last 14 years and many jobs have been created.
Remain said Brexit would mean big job losses. It meant the...Read More »
Wokingham Council wants to borrow £25 million to create a solar farm
Wokingham Borough under the Lib Dems pleads poverty, cuts crucial services like refuse collection and street maintenance, yet now says it can afford £25 m to buy itself a solar farm.
When the Borough first looked at such a plan the capital cost was £20m. So it has gone up by...Read More »
A lot rests on the budget
I find it strange that for weeks we can all read in the papers of a struggle between the Chancellor who wants to offer tax cuts, and the officials of the OBR and Treasury who do not want him to do that.
These arguments should take place in confidence. The Chancellor...Read More »