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Local government funding: how the government is trashing incentives
Yesterday the government published the final funding allocations for local authorities following its overhaul of local government finance. The result…
Dec 18 • Neil O'Brien
Another bad day for Nick, 30
Budget delivered another walloping to the long-suffering hero of the social contract meme.
Dec 4 • Neil O'Brien
The driving test crisis has got even worse
New data shows DFT haven't got a grip, and young people are suffering
Dec 3 • Neil O'Brien
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The confluence
May 30 • Neil O'Brien
The Deliveroo Visa scandal
Dec 29, 2023 • Neil O'Brien
An orderly and civilised society
Oct 21, 2024 • Neil O'Brien
Is Britain Balkanising?
Jul 18 • Neil O'Brien
The Schools Bill: pure vandalism
Jan 6 • Neil O'Brien
Fleecehold estates: like the Post Office scandal but affecting more people
Feb 6, 2024 • Neil O'Brien
Budget 2025: Oh what a tangled web
What a mess.
Nov 28 • Neil O'Brien
The effects of ending the two child limit on Universal Credit
The Budget after the 2015 election announced that there would be a limit on claims for the child element of Universal Credit (UC) at two children, for…
Nov 24 • Neil O'Brien
New data on migrants earnings
And the importance of comparing by age
Nov 14 • Neil O'Brien
Thirty times Rachel Reeves said she wouldn't raise tax
Since January 2024
Nov 4 • Neil O'Brien
The castle of lies is collapsing
A dynamite letter from the CPS blows up the Government's handling of the China spy case
Oct 24 • Neil O'Brien
The China Spy Scandal
The government deliberately collapsed the trial of two men who spied on MPs for China, then Ministers lied to Parliament about it.
Oct 10 • Neil O'Brien
Is Britain Balkanising?
Whether by age, migration, or education - are we flocking together, or coming apart?
Jul 18 • Neil O'Brien
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