Mike Denham

An alternative to the Barnett Formula

Many thanks to Mike Denham – the author of a Taxpayers’ Alliance report on the Barnett Formula, released today – for the following post… In the last week, the allocation of money between England and Scotland has been in the news with the Scottish National Party planning to abolish council tax in Scotland, replace it

Freedom for the South-east!

I once got bashed up by the late John Smith. It was at one of those charm-offensive lunches in the City, and he had asked why London’s booming financial firms kept all their jobs in the South-east rather than sharing them round the rest of the country. My mistake was to suggest that dispersing jobs