Life expectancy has increased in the UK more or less constantly for more than a century. Around 2012, this all stopped, and among poorer pop...

I participated in a European foundation workshop last week, which examined the impact of a Trump presidency on Europe. While European leader...

 I am sadly old enough to remember when budget purdah was a thing. Clearly, no more, with relatively few surprises in today's budget , w...

 If you are interested in economic policy, I recommend reading Torsten Bell’s new book , Great Britain? How We Get Our Future Back . In it, ...

I was in Edinburgh today, speaking at the launch of the New Local Democracy for Scotland Declaration. Building a Local Scotland is a group o...

 The new Labour Secretary of State for Defence has announced a defence review . This is not just a routine action for new governments, but a...

 Pensions reform usually gets little political attention, so it's good to see the new UK government prioritising it. The Pension Schemes...