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Theresa May and her senior ministers try to come to an agreement over the government's approach to Brexit, in the latest of a series of meetings on the UK’s future relationship with the EU. As part o... Read more...
19 February 2018
CAGE/SMF event at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Brexit. Dennis Novy talked about issues related to international trade, in particular the EU Single Market and customs union and potential n... Read more...
03 October 2017
The parties all recognised funding shortfalls, rising costs, demographic pressures, increased expectations, and changes in health technology and medical practice, the London School of Economics Centre for Econ... Read more...
25 May 2017
Snippet: ... artifice follows on life it is my 2nd point the question that the media should be asking the Tories there are countless countless reports the OBR the report I FF John comport system works and Worl... Read more...
18 May 2017
An economist claimed Messi would be in prison now in the United States Economist Luis Garicano was recently elected by the Ciudadanos to take over one of the vice presidencies of the Party of the Alliance o... Read more...
20 December 2016
Many government ministers have suggested that immigration is an obstacle to natives getting jobs. Jonathan Wadsworth takes up the home secretary's challenge to talk about immigration and how it may affect young people's ... Read more...
07 October 2016
[Jeremy] Corbyn too is proposing a solution ''which would reduce numbers'', despite the fact in its 2015 General Election briefing, the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics observed: ''There ... Read more...
06 October 2016
In a briefing sent afterwards, it was made clear that other measures to be considered would be, ''whether employers should have to set out the steps they have taken to foster a pool of local candidates, set out the impac... Read more...
05 October 2016
John Van Reenen was disappointed but not surprised by the UK's vote to Leave the EU. Whilst his own research predicts serious economic and political damage in the case of Brexit, he thought a Leave vote was a real possib... Read more...
02 August 2016
After years of debate over the effectiveness of academy status, the Education Policy Institute has now released data which it says shows the causal impact of academy status on school performance. Editor Laura McInerney e... Read more...
12 July 2016
New research has found ''no evidence'' that academy status leads to better grades for pupils at schools rated good or satisfactory. The study, by the London School of Economics and the Education Policy Institute (EPI)... Read more...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) ... This article was published online by Juice Brighton (Radio) on June 22, ... Read more...
22 June 2016
In her address to the Conservative party conference, the home secretary delivered a pointed speech saying that ''there is no case, in the national interest, for immigration of the scale we have experienced over the last ... Read more...
06 October 2015
Ever since Thatcher's Teesside stroll, breathing life into blighted areas has met with mixed success. Understanding what might work is a step in the right direction. Professor Alan Manning of the London School of Econ... Read more...
03 October 2015
Primary colours But, when it comes to the truth, Sala i Martin has refused to discuss publicly with Luis Garicano, another heavyweight, Professor at the London School of Economics. The worst has been disappointing argum... Read more...
21 September 2015
Nobel Prize winning economist Christopher Pissarides of the London School of Economics said Greece still ... This article was published online by The National Herald on September 10, 2015 Link to article here [subsc... Read more...
10 September 2015
Leading economists have warned that Jeremy Corbyn's economic policies are 'likely to be highly damaging' and renationalising industry could actually 'make things worse'. In the new letter to the Financial Times, the aut... Read more...
03 September 2015
Centre for Economic Performance's Director, Professor John Van Reenen among economists signing a letter critical of Labour Party leader candidate, Jeremy Corbyn's economic plans. The letter was published by The Financia... Read more...
Article by John Van Reenen Voting for Jeremy Corbyn as leader is a gut reaction to Labour's electoral defeat. Corbyn does point to some real economic problems facing Britain but his policies are based largely on the kin... Read more...
17 August 2015
A large body of empirical evidence suggests either that reasonable minimum wages do not destroy jobs at all, or that they do not destroy very many. The evidence is, of course, mixed and contested. Much of it comes from t... Read more...
10 July 2015
Article by John Van Reenen The most eye-catching announcement in today's budget was the National Living Wage. Now, this might be nothing more than a big hike in the minimum wage, but such increases can be beneficial. ... Read more...
09 July 2015
In the freedom to make life choices, too, India performs poorly. There are many inherent inhibitions in this freedom, mainly for women. Richard Layard, director of the Wellbeing Programme at the London School of Economi... Read more...
05 June 2015
... 400 000 emplois publics supprimes La realite est pourtant que son mandat a ete divise en deux parties. L'essentiel des mesures de rigueur a ete realise dans les deux premieres annees: hausse de la TVA, reduction dras... Read more...
07 May 2015
Javier Ortega, of the Centre for Economic Performance, interviewed on the UK 2015 General Election and issues of austerity. The interview was broadcast by Capital Radio Madrid (Spain) on May 6, 2015 Link to the broadca... Read more...
06 May 2015
John Van Reenen, director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, brings a summary of factors that may influence the choice of the ballot box. The interview on Capital Radio Madrid (Spa... Read more...
05 May 2015
The Conversation is fact checking political statements in the lead-up to the May UK general election. Statements are checked by an academic with expertise in the area. A second academic expert reviews an anonymous copy o... Read more...
28 April 2015
CEP Director Professor John Van Reenen reveals the economic policy he would put in his election manifesto. The interview was recorded for Share Radio on 28 April 2015 Link to the interview here Related links John... Read more...
Both labour and its opponents make too much of a new policy Labour made two housing policy commitments over the weekend, only one of which was interesting. The uninteresting one was the promise to cut stamp duty for fir... Read more...
27 April 2015
London School of Economics professor John Van Reenen said Britain was also suffering from government inaction over infrastructure such as high-speed broadband, roads and airports. This article was published online by ... Read more...
26 April 2015
In a significant repositioning of Labour's views on immigration, Ed Miliband on Saturday pledged a series of measures to control immigration if his party is voted to power. Jonathan Wadsworth of the London School of... Read more...
19 April 2015
A recent study from the Centre for Economic Performance has measured the impact on the UK economy of leaving the EU, which as the second chart shows is still the UK’s biggest trading partner. The study conclu... Read more...
There are signs that inequality in the UK is beginning to rise again following tax and benefit changes introduced since 2010, an economic analysis has found. The study by the Centre for Economic Performance found the... Read more...
17 April 2015
Article by Ian Preston, Andrew Street, Claudia Hupkau, David Chivers, Peter Beresford and Simon Burgess The Conversation's Manifesto Check, where academics subject each party's election manifesto to unbiased, expert scr... Read more...
If Britain's top economists were in charge, what policies would they implement? Tim Harford sets the challenge. "Low productivity is the number one problem Britain faces" says Van Reenen. "Even before the crisis, it l... Read more...
Article by Sandra McNally The Conservative Party manifesto makes the following commitments in the area of school-age education: •A good primary school place for your child with zero tolerance for failure. •... Read more...
16 April 2015
A Labour/SNP coalition would mean massive tax increases for higher earners, big companies, banks and others. A fascinating paper by Alan Manning, published by the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic ... Read more...
On paper, the Conservatives should reap dividends from a sharp recovery in Britain's economy which outpaced the world's other big, rich nations last year. Employment has surged, including in the West Midlands wher... Read more...
Article by Claudia Hupkau The Conversation's Manifesto Check deploys academic expertise to scrutinise the parties' plans. The Liberal Democrats have announced their vision for skills policy over the next parliament in ... Read more...
15 April 2015
Article by Hilary Steedman Welcome to The Conversation's Manifesto Check, where academics from across the UK subject each party's manifesto to unbiased, expert scrutiny. The Conservative manifesto skates over some unco... Read more...
Article by Maria Goddard, Anand Menon, Christine Merrell, Claudia Hupkau, Hilary Steedman, Ian Preston, Jonathan Perraton and Steve Higgins Welcome to The Conversation's Manifesto Check, where academics subject each par... Read more...
13 April 2015
Article by Hilary Steedman and Claudia Hupkau Hilary Steedman, London School of Economics and Political Science Labour's election manifesto promises four initiatives in the area of skills and apprenticeships; the Compu... Read more...
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01 April 2015
31 March 2015
It looks good for the Tories, the economy is recovering and employment is up. BUT, as an LSE economist put it, ''When viewed over the longer term, the state of the UK economy is not pretty''. ... Why is this? Two reasons... Read more...
Article by Sandra McNally With education policy set to play an important part in the May general election campaign, debates around the future direction of the school system will take place against the backdrop of fast-p... Read more...
24 March 2015
The story of the first coalition government in Britain since the second world war is the story of austerity and thwarted deficit reduction plans. It is the story of a delayed economic recovery. It is the story of falling... Read more...
15 March 2015
It is likely that there will be tax increases after the election whoever wins, concludes a new report from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), based at LSE, in the latest in a series of background briefings on the... Read more...
13 March 2015
John Van Reenen examines the spending plans of the three major parties over the next Parliament, finding that, while all are currently planning for continued and severe austerity, the Conservatives' plan would bring down... Read more...
12 March 2015
11 March 2015
Letter from Professor Richard Layard Sir, John Hutton and Alan Milburn are quite right (''Defend Labour's economic record - the facts are on our side'', Comment, January 28): the fiscal record of the last Labour govern... Read more...
29 January 2015