September 2009
Politics Summary: Wednesday, September 23rd
Sign up to receive this daily email by 9am every morning. The papers all report that Gordon Brown intends Britain […]
Lib Dem cuts weaken fight against corruption and fraud
Liberal Democrat plans to cut £1.18 billion from the budgets of quangos, unveiled yesterday by leader Nick Clegg, include the […]
Muted response to China’s UN climate speech
The Independent this morning promised that, “China lays down challenge to Obama on climate.” It went on: “Officials in Beijing […]
G20 leaders must focus on institutions to raise global living standards
Leaders taking part in the G20, G8+5, and G8 summits over the past year have pledged in effect to reconstitute the international economic order along the lines that progressives have been advocating for years. But for these objectives to be achieved they will need to be translated into major structural improvements in the corresponding multilateral and national institutions.
Climate activist tells Brown of “deep concern” over Copenhagen
Avaaz, the international online civic organisation, held a successful campaign event in Parliament Square yesterday with one activist telling Prime Minister Gordon Brown that she was, "deeply concerned that the [Copenhagen] negotiations are way off track."
UK economy can aborb higher taxes
The major parties seem to agree that public spending cuts will have to bear the brunt of the effort to reduce the deficit because higher taxes would be worse for the economy than spending cuts. This consensus is based on a view that countries with higher taxes perform less well than countries with lower taxes. In fact, the long-run evidence to support this claim is flimsy.