Jack Kessler

Sometimes, the results of public policy interventions are uncertain. But a working paper published this week by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on how cuts to youth clubs affected teenage crime and education is not one of them.

The date was 17 May 2006, and I bunked off school. I say bunked – my teacher was informed and I was with my Dad – but the three of us agreed to keep it a secret. All that mattered was I was off to Paris for the Champions League final.

Andrew Bailey is a walking market mover. Every time the Governor of the Bank of England opens his mouth, he knows it could impact the cost of UK

Andrew Bailey is a walking market mover. Every time the Governor of the Bank of England opens his mouth, he knows it could impact the cost of UK government borrowing, or the price of sterling, or any number of things. Consequently, his public statements are rarely made off the cuff.

Longtime city employee Floyd Hartman will be retiring in January 2026 and Amarillo City Manager Grayson Path said this gave them an opportunity as well as a need to get prepared for that and get a good succession plan going.

A day like today is not a day for false dichotomies, we can leave those at home. But governments generally face a simple choice when it comes to raising money, between broad-based taxes (e.g. income tax) or granular (e.g. inheritance tax threshold changes for farmers). Both have their advantages and disadvantages, as is being played out in real time today on the streets of Westminster.

A day like today is not a day for false dichotomies, we can leave those at home. But governments generally face a simple choice when it comes to

My party trick is I can put a name to the face of every MP from the 2010-15 parliament.

My party trick is I can put a name to the face of every MP from the 2010-15 parliament. This was only vaguely useful a decade ago, and grows ever more redundant as time continues its remorseless march to the heat death of the universe. It may also explain my rapidly diminishing social calendar.

Something a little different today, as part of an occasional series of things on the internet I have read recently that I think you might enjoy too.