Low income households, 10 per cent of the population, were outspending their income by 40 per cent by 2007, according to a new report for the independent think-tank the Resolution Foundation, authored by the National Institute for Economic and Social Research. The report found from1997 to 2007, spending grew faster than incomes across all households, [...]
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Government cuts in student migration could ‘cost the UK £3 billion a year’
May 14, 2012
International students need to be taken out of the immigration numbers game, which is damaging the UK’s universities and colleges, its economy and its international standing, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said. David Cameron has pledged to cut net migration – the number of people coming to the UK for more than 12 [...]
Think-tank: Give London mayor housing benefit say
May 8, 2012
8 May 2012 Last updated at 04:04 ET The think-tank said the national reluctance to fund housing benefit in London was ‘exacerbating’ the ‘housing crisis’ The London mayor should be given power over housing benefits in the capital, a think-tank has urged. Newly re-elected London Mayor Boris Johnson must make housing in the capital a [...]
Osborne will miss deficit target, says think-tank
April 24, 2012
[Skip to content] <!––> <!– –> . By Richard Johnstone | 23 April 2012 Government borrowing is set to be almost £70bn higher than estimated in the Budget, according to an economic think-tank. The Centre for Economics and Business Research warns that high inflation will lead to sluggish economic growth until 2016. This means Chancellor [...]
Think-tank’s roadmap presented to Prime Minister
April 17, 2012
Updated with comments by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi at 12:20 Director General of the Today Policy Public Institute Martin Scicluna today presented Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi the publication ‘A strategy for addressing the nation’s priorities’. “The report consists of two parts,” Scicluna told MaltaToday just before the presentation. “The first addresses the affordability of the [...]
Diplomacy best option for South China Sea dispute: think-tank
April 16, 2012
Diplomacy best option for South China Sea dispute: think-tankBy Channel NewsAsia’s Kristine Lim | Posted: 16 April 2012 1735 hrs Video Diplomacy best option for South China Sea dispute: think-tank BEIJING: Resolving the South China Sea dispute through military means is not an option for China, says a Chinese government [...]
Think-tank publishes road-map for the next government
April 14, 2012
Growth with equity, fiscal sustainability and the welfare state are the fundamental objectives for the next government according to a document published by the Today Public Policy Institute. The document, entitled “A strategy for addressing the nation’s priorities” highlights both the constraints and the national priority areas of good governance which need to be addressed [...]
Non-partisan think-tank CIGI depends entirely on the credibility of its research.
April 6, 2012
Who won and who lost this past week, when faculty at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School voted against a proposed partnership with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)? Under the plan, CIGI and York would have created a 10-year, $60 million program of research and studies in international law, with 10 research chairs [...]
German think-tank says it’s closing Abu Dhabi office after being told to stop …
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April 1, 2012
BERLIN — A pro-democracy think tank with links to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party said Thursday it is closing its office in Abu Dhabi after officials there ordered that it end its activities in the United Arab Emirates. The Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s chairman, Hans-Gert Poettering, said no “comprehensible reasons” were given for the decision, which [...]
Taiwan ranks second on German think tank index
April 1, 2012
On a scale of one to 10, with 10 points being the perfect score, Taiwan received 9.54 points, coming only behind the Czech Republic, which had 9.61 points, according to the index, which is published every two years. Described as having a vital civil society, Taiwan was highly evaluated in the fields of democratic integration [...]
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