Ben's blog and articles

Thanks to austerity the modern policeman’s lot is not a happy one

A policeman’s lot is not a happy one. If Gilbert and Sullivan were writing today would they cite not only the “enterprising burglar” and...

Britain is are still deep in the winter of austerity – and Brexit is only making it worse

We are still deep in the winter of austerity. The latest Green Budget from the Institute for Fiscal Studies makes that icily clear....