Government
The Court They Will Not Use
Everything has been tried. None of it has worked. Nobody has asked why.
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Government
The Price They Pay Themselves
There is a number the British state has decided is the right amount to put aside for a decent retirement. It is 28.97% of salary. We know this because the state pays it, every month, into the pensions of the people who work for it. There is a second
Government
Suppose We Win
The green transition could succeed completely and still fail.
Government
Gordon Brown - The Deferred Bill
Gordon Brown and the confusion of accounting treatment with economic reality
Government
TFL: Measured not managed
A discount rate moved, and Transport for London's wage bill appeared to fall by £120m while it was actually rising by £153m. Almost nothing in these accounts means what it is reported to mean.
Government
TFL: The self-sufficiency illusion
Transport for London does not pay its own way. It has been permitted to say that it does, and the permission was granted by nobody in particular.
Government
Marienfelde
Poland's border policy, and the door two million Poles walked through
Government
The Two Negotiations of the NHS
How the NHS learned to be ruthless with its own staff and generous to everyone else
Government
The Triple Lock - Part 1 - The Ratchet
What the triple lock actually is, what it isn’t, and why both sides of the debate keep arguing about the wrong thing
Government
The Triple Lock - Part 2 - The Invisible Subsidy
What public-sector pensions are really worth — and why almost nobody counts
Government
National Grid - Gilts Plus a Margin
National Grid has sold the Isle of Grain. The interesting question isn't who bought it — it's why every electricity bill in the country carries a permanent premium that exists for one reason: that the grid is owned by shareholders the public must pay to profit.
Government
The Captive Audit
Why statutory audit should be a public function, not a private profit centre