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Gavin Kelly

Economics, politics and the reality of the 'squeezed middle'

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Clegg’s new tone on the economy
By Gavin Kelly - 23 May 12:16

The coalition needs to work on a climb down.

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By Gavin Kelly - 10 May 16:51

The challenges are real, but the living wage chimes with the public mood.

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By Gavin Kelly - 08 May 10:28

Labour needs to move at pace if it’s not going to get timed-out.

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By Gavin Kelly - 02 May 11:27

The complex new student support system will result in eye-watering effective tax rates for many low-to-middle income families

Minimum wage.
By Gavin Kelly - 17 April 9:22

The minimum wage has fallen back to the level it was at in 2004 – what are the prospects for a future rise?

A tilt towards taxing big wealth?
By Gavin Kelly - 21 March 11:54

... and economists love to hate.

By Gavin Kelly - 14 March 17:23

The coalition’s travails over child benefit mean Osborne may revisit his decision to raise the personal allowance for those earning up to £100,000.

By Gavin Kelly - 06 March 9:06

Do you prioritise fairness for individuals or for households? The coalition is realising you can't do both at once.

By Gavin Kelly - 19 February 21:03

The Lib Dem leader and the coming Budget.

By Gavin Kelly - 09 February 17:16

Our Scandinavian friends have much to teach us.

By Gavin Kelly - 25 January 13:26

Nice or nasty, either way the economic future doesn't look great.

By Gavin Kelly - 18 January 18:14

In a more hostile media climate, the coalition's shifts would be portrayed as crass opportunism and incompetence.

By Gavin Kelly - 08 January 21:08

It's time to start a blunter conversation about tax and spending choices.

By Gavin Kelly and Joe Coward - 22 December 16:48

Let’s make 2012 the year when every care worker gets what they are legally entitled to.

By Gavin Kelly - 16 December 16:11

Might a party leader attend to the growing dissonance between Westminster rhetoric and the daily reality of the electorate?

By Gavin Kelly - 06 December 15:30

There are no signs of living standards for families getting any better. Brace yourself.

By Gavin Kelly - 30 November 18:35

The notion that a Labour government in 2015 would itself be a cutting government has yet to sink in.

By Gavin Kelly - 29 November 18:58

When forced to find new resources, the coalition's instinct is to take them from low-to-middle income families.

By Gavin Kelly - 24 November 15:56

The government's response to youth unemployment will squeeze the "squeezed middle" even further.

By Gavin Kelly - 21 November 10:17

The average American household has failed to benefit from the recent era of economic growth and rising productivity.

By Gavin Kelly - 15 November 11:55

Neither Labour nor the Coalition is willing to ask why Britain's tax base was so fragile.

By Gavin Kelly - 03 November 16:37

The sheer volume of economic statistics released last week highlights the challenge facing all three major parties.

By Gavin Kelly - 26 October 16:27

The surprising new radicalism on Threadneedle Street.

By Gavin Kelly - 14 October 12:57

The US president needs to recognise the resentments that have sparked the 99% movement.

By Gavin Kelly - 11 October 15:19

Growth and relative poverty are no longer enough to tell us whether our economy is on the right track

By Gavin Kelly - 07 October 8:40

Ministers have rightly backtracked on a regressive cut aimed directly at working women.

By Gavin Kelly and James Plunkett - 05 October 12:54

A rapid repayment of debt is a recipe for recession, not recovery.

By Gavin Kelly - 30 September 11:30

On Britain’s low paid workers.

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