Month: October 2020
Why the government was right to vote down free school meals
Should the government provide free school meals over the school holidays to 1.4 million qualifying children? This was the issue put before the British [...]
Why lockdown is about politics, not lives
Nine months into the global Coronavirus pandemic and the consensus around lockdown as the preferred strategy to combat it is starting to crack. Those who [...]
Quantifying the cost of lockdown
Businesses bankrupt. Workers on furlough. Schools and universities shut for months. Cancer treatments postponed or cancelled. Travel restrictions. Problems [...]
The madness of a maximum wage
A new report by the left wing think tank Autonomy has reignited debate about the concept of a maximum wage. The idea that the government should not only [...]