A report that hugely overestimated the cost to the UK of reaching net zero emissions has been retracted by the rightwing thinktank that published it.…
View More Report claiming net zero will cost UK trillions retracted due to ‘factual errors’Tag: Thinktanks
How a thinktank got the cost of net zero for the UK wildly wrong
Imagine demanding an “honest” debate over the cost of net zero in a report full of errors that even a schoolboy would be embarrassed about.…
View More How a thinktank got the cost of net zero for the UK wildly wrongUK workers will be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, thinktank warns
UK workers’ living standards will flatline next year, leaving them on track to be 4% worse off heading into the next election than they were…
View More UK workers will be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, thinktank warnsOne in five workers will be higher-rate taxpayers by 2027 – IFS
One in four teachers and one in eight nurses will be higher-rate taxpayers by 2027 as a result of the government’s record freeze on income…
View More One in five workers will be higher-rate taxpayers by 2027 – IFS‘Bank of mum and dad’ stoking Britain’s rising inequality, warns report
Billions of pounds loaned by the “bank of mum and dad” to help with property purchases and to boost the finances of newly married offspring…
View More ‘Bank of mum and dad’ stoking Britain’s rising inequality, warns reportIFS: Millions in Britain ‘face stealth tax raid’ under Liz Truss’s plans
Millions of households are facing a “stealth” tax raid under Liz Truss’s government despite her promise to support workers through the cost-of-living crisis by lowering…
View More IFS: Millions in Britain ‘face stealth tax raid’ under Liz Truss’s plansAverage UK household £8,800 a year worse off than those in France or Germany
The UK’s failure to get serious about inequality and weak growth over the past 15 years has left the average British household £8,800 poorer than…
View More Average UK household £8,800 a year worse off than those in France or GermanyExperts pile pressure on Boris Johnson over ‘shocking’ new coalmine
Pressure is growing on the government over its support for a new coalmine in Cumbria, as the UK prepares to host the most important UN…
View More Experts pile pressure on Boris Johnson over ‘shocking’ new coalmine