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Alfie Stirling

New analysis reveals how much austerity has cost each person in the UK

Alfie Stirling
22 February, 2019

‘Fixing’ the public sector finances has suppressed Britain’s economy, according to official figures.

Gone no sooner that it had come: Is earnings growth slipping away?

Alfie Stirling
23 December, 2015

If monthly flat-lining does not end, the official statistics will see year-on-year earnings growth fall to zero by around March or April next year

We need a progressive, alternative spending review – not more salami-slicing

Alfie Stirling
1 September, 2015

A business-as-usual approach risks hurting those most in need of public services

The cuts to come: what will the budget mean for departmental spending?

Alfie Stirling
10 July, 2015

New IPPR analysis of the budget shows a 30 per cent cut in resource spending for unprotected departments by 2019/20

Could Osborne’s budget plans actually work?

Alfie Stirling
12 June, 2015

If the objective is to reduce debt from one year to the next, neither a surplus – nor even a balanced budget – is strictly necessary

The UK is failing to make the most of the skills and talents of its migrant population

Alfie Stirling
3 April, 2015

The underutilisation of talent in the migrant population reflects a failure of integration

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