Six days ago this newspaper led with a story in which the respected economist Professor Brian Ashcroft suggested that the Coalition should boost unemployment benefits for moral as well as economic reasons.
Six days ago this newspaper led with a story in which the respected economist Professor Brian Ashcroft suggested that the Coalition should boost unemployment benefits for moral as well as economic reasons.
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Two weeks from now, on November 29, George Osborne can do just that when he delivers his Chancellor’s autumn statement.
He is extremely unlikely to follow the professor’s advice. Instead he is expected to do almost the exact opposite, by breaking the tradition of uprating state benefits on the basis of inflation. To add spice, he will probably make it easier for employers to fire people. Altogether this looks like being an extremely contentious statement.
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Is Osborne pulling the strings at Downing St?
Six days ago this newspaper led with a story in which the respected economist Professor Brian Ashcroft suggested that the Coalition should boost unemployment benefits for moral as well as economic reasons.
Two weeks from now, on November 29, George Osborne can do just that when he delivers his Chancellor’s autumn statement.
He is extremely unlikely to follow the professor’s advice. Instead he is expected to do almost the exact opposite, by breaking the tradition of uprating state benefits on the basis of inflation. To add spice, he will probably make it easier for employers to fire people. Altogether this looks like being an extremely contentious statement.
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