Devolution, defence and debt...

Trade wars are becoming a feature of the modern global economy and are being tied to actual wars too. Britain has played its part by voting to leave the EU, while President Trump has taken trade disruption to a new level. While it can be hard to identify ‘winners’ from trade wars, it’s easy to id...

Are higher living standards the key to electoral success? Both the Government and the opposition are scrambling for new policies and messages to win back unconvinced voters. Is this new political landscape ultimately shaped by the lack of growth in household incomes? How much of the remainder of...

The Treasury promised us a boring non-event, which on the day was massively over-shadowed by events in the Middle East. Ruth Curtice discusses the merits of annual fiscal events, the difficulty of getting growth going, and what to expect in the Chancellor's upcoming (and unprecedented) second Mai...

Can the Government – or the public – afford another energy crisis? RF Chief Executive Ruth Curtice speaks to  Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt and  Chief Executive of Ipsos in the UK and Ireland Kelly Beaver to ask how the Government can respond to pressures on global energy supplie...