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Jonathan Portes writes: If you want to get serious about growth, you need to be positive about migration

By Jonathan Portes | Tue 26th March 2013 - 1:45 pm

On Monday, I did seven interviews on David Cameron’s immigration speech. Each time I’ve tried to get across one simple fact: that all the available evidence suggests that immigrants – and immigrants from the new EU member states, in particular – more than pay their way. That is, that they pay more in taxes than they cost in benefits and services; overall, from being a burden, they make it easier to finance our welfare state not harder.

It is that basic fact that all three party leaders should be explaining to their constituents. Instead, they seem to be engaged …

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged featured, immigration, migration advisory committee and niesr | 23 Comments

“Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!”*

By Bill le Breton | Fri 23rd November 2012 - 11:21 am

Enough is enough. In the face of soaring national debt, the Liberal Democrat leader has this week called for the Central Bank to be made less independent to pave the way for more aggressive and unlimited monetary easing, a dramatic relaxation of the inflation target accompanied by a major public works programme and a supplementary budget.

Great news! The tragedy is that the Liberal Democrat leader in question is not Nick Clegg speaking on the eve of the Autumn Spending statement, but Shinzo Abe, Leader of the Japanese Liberal Democrats, launching his general election campaign which he is tipped to win. And the reaction of those dreaded markets? Positive – rising 4-5% as other world

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged featured and japan | 15 Comments

Opinion: ‘Economic growth you can believe in’ – towards The British Growth Model.

By Paul Reynolds | Mon 11th June 2012 - 2:23 pm

Economic growth still eludes the Coalition. The development of a convincing analysis and programme for (fiscally sustainable) growth is essential for the second half of the Coalition’s life up to 2015. The Lib Dems must take a lead role in developing it.

Before the economic crisis started in 2007 the signs of ‘systemic financial sector failure’ were all around us. Few spotted them, however. Several simplistic economic tenets have since been jettisoned, as politicians have learned about the economic concept of ‘systemic financial failure’.

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged economy | 9 Comments

Opinion: Lib Dems must avoid “all growth is good” fallacy

By David Thorpe | Sun 10th June 2012 - 9:54 am

Every politician who remains in the public mind, after their term in office has ended, becomes associated, in time, with a particular sound bite or phrase.

John Major will forever be associated with “back to basics”. Tony Blair with “pretty straight kind of guy” and Gordon Brown with “abolishing boom and bust”.

At this stage, David Cameron is probably hoping that “hug a hoodie” is the phrase with which he becomes …

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged jobs | 34 Comments

Opinion: You can’t have ‘growth’ without ‘austerity’

By David Thorpe | Mon 28th May 2012 - 12:54 pm

Amid the current maelstrom of gossip, speculation and forecasting concerning the British economy, a number of myths have developed.

Principal among them is that the coalition’s economic plans for this parliament contained ‘only’ cuts, with no concern for achieving growth.

The issue of whether fiscal consolidation itself can be a driver of growth is one I aim to address further below, but first I want to debunk that myth.

The economic plans, outlined by the coalition in 2010, made clear that the first half of the parliament would contain the bulk of the …

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged austerity and economy | 38 Comments

Opinion: Vince for No.11 – for growth and investment

By Simon Holbrook | Mon 30th April 2012 - 11:54 am

Coming after several weeks of self-inflicted damage, the news that the UK economy has gone back into recession risks further undermining public confidence in the Government’s ability to deal with the problems the country faces.

Nick Clegg says the principles of the coalition’s economic strategy remain sound – repairing the public finances, reforming the financial system and rebalancing the economy – and I agree. The problem is that we are only making progress on the first one of these …

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged economy and vince cable | 9 Comments

Andrew George MP writes: Liberal Democrats are champions of green economy

By Andrew George MP | Thu 12th April 2012 - 12:55 pm

Yesterday Nick Clegg set out the Government’s agenda on energy efficiency and the role of a green economy in delivering growth. Important announcements on energy efficiency, tackling fuel poverty and helping consumers find the best tariffs all caught the media’s attention. But for me the real story is that the Liberal Democrats remain the champions of plans to build a green economy.

Nick was right to attack those who say that there is a zero sum game between economic growth and protecting the environment. As the Liberal Democrats have argued for decades, it isn’t about choosing – the two go …

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged energy efficiency, environment, green economy and nick clegg | Leave a comment

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Jonathan Portes writes: If you want to get serious about growth, you need to be positive about migration

“Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!”*

Opinion: ‘Economic growth you can believe in’ – towards The British Growth Model.

Opinion: Lib Dems must avoid “all growth is good” fallacy

Opinion: You can’t have ‘growth’ without ‘austerity’

Opinion: Vince for No.11 – for growth and investment

Andrew George MP writes: Liberal Democrats are champions of green economy

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