Ben Ramanauskas is a research fellow at Oxford University and a former government adviser
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Ben Ramanauskas is a research fellow at Oxford University and a former government adviser
Here's how the Bank of England must handle rising inflation
City Voices: The MPC should be more worried about inflation falling below target
The Bank of England rate cut is not enough
City Voices: The MPC needs to be much bolder
The Bank of England must ignore Taylor Swift and cut interest rates
City Voices: It’ll be a Cruel Summer if Andrew Bailey and the Bank of England don’t offer some relief on interest rates
The next UK government faces tough calls on trade policy
City Voices: A future trade secretary will have to resist the temptation to get shallow deals which bring little economic rewards
The blinkered Bank of England has missed the economic warning signs
City Voices: The Bank of England has kept interest rates too high for too long and we are all suffering as a result
Jeremy Hunt shouldn’t cut National Insurance — he should scrap it
City Voices: A single tax on income would be a much less deceptive way of raising revenue
The Bank of England has failed. It must urgently lower interest rates
City Voices: The MPC has turned a blind eye to the economic warning signs that monetary policy is too restrictive
99% mortgages plan would be a disaster for the housing market
City Voices: Instead of introducing economically illiterate schemes, the government needs to tackle the root cause of the housing crisis
Andrew Bailey is wrong. The Bank of England must cut interest rates
City Voices: If the Bank wants to avoid a long and damaging recession then it needs to act fast
Five tax measures Jeremy Hunt should prioritise
City Voices: The government should be doing everything it can to incentivise business investment
A tax on robots is the last thing the economy needs
City Voices: the Government should be doing everything it can to incentivise firms to invest more, not less
The Bank of England needs to lower interest rates now
City Voices: The UK is in serious risk of entering a recession, meaning hardship and misery for millions
Bankers need bigger bonuses: Sunak is right to scrap the cap
City Voices: Scrapping the cap should improve the long-term performance of Britain's top banks
Sunak’s Harold Wilson act is a recipe for economic disaster
City Voices: If the Government is serious about growing the economy and levelling up then it needs to prioritise cities
Bank of England should speed up rate cuts to avoid further pain
City Voices: Higher interest rates and more people out of work means there is just less money to go around
We should scrap cash. It is holding our country back
City Voices: Going cashless would help fight crime, raise taxes and spur innovation
Poor ONS forecasts could be hurting our economy
City Voices: Investment decisions have already been made based on the incorrect economic analysis
Forget the Bibby Stockholm. We should give asylum seekers a job
City Voices: Taxpayers could save billions if asylum seekers were put in paid employment
CPTPP will do nothing for London
Modern trade deals do very little for the services sector and this agreement is no exception
More green belt homes are needed to fix London’s housing crisis
City Comment: The government needs to take on the NIMBYs, who are preventing young people from being able to have their own home
Sunak must balance the books, but not at the expense of the poor
City comment: The choices facing Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are stark given the perilous state of the public finances