New Labour Plonker.
Median incomes may well be rising, but not for those of us with illness, paying rent, caring for others.

“Despair” is exactly where we are.

#Starmer has lost us already.

#wato
#WealthTax
#Change
@niesrorg.bsky.social
#niesr

Rachel Reeves needs to put up taxes to cover £40bn deficit, thinktank says NIESR suggests a rise of 5p in the pound on basic and higher rate of income tax would fill the budget gap

Will she TAX THE RICH or find ways to squeeze more pennies out of us little people?

What do we think?

www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/06/tax...

#RachelReeves #Niesr #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #TaxTheRich

From Tariff Ripples to Economic Waves

From Tariff Ripples to Economic Waves
#event #online #JEL_F #NIESR
www.econbiz.de/event/24313

After 15 years of #stagnation, parts of #UK are now #poorer than the poorest parts of Slovenia and Malta (reported by #NIESR, see extracts and link below). The #ConservativeParty / #Tory messed up! But #LabourParty hasn't proven itself.

Link: niesr.ac.uk/publications...

#UKPolitics #UKeconomy

The well-regarded NIESR says America’s economy ‘risks massive Trump slump’ Introduction When reading that the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) says that Trump’s policies will lead to inflation, recession, and deficit increases, the critical thinker ...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2024... #Depression #DonaldTrump #Economics #GDP #IllegalAliens #Immigration #Inflation #Recession #Recommended #stagflation #Tariffs #Undocumented #NIESR #undocumented

The Calm Before the Budget: Growth Awaiting Fiscal Clarity - NIESR Today’s growth figures came in slightly weaker than what we had forecasted. While the economy continues to expand, there are growing signs that momentum is tailing off compared to the strong performan...

www.niesr.ac.uk/publications... Inflation projected to increase until early next year, #niesr