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Jonathan Portes

The Guardian

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British politics is hooked on flashy fake numbers – and the AI investment debacle proves it

British politics is hooked on flashy fake numbers – and the AI investment debacle proves it

One trillion dollars. That’s the amount of financial aid Gordon Brown triumphantly announced at the 2009 London G20 summit. (I contributed my own...

13.03.2026 10

The Guardian

Jonathan Portes

Blaming the OBR for the Budget maths is a waste of time

The government must explain why tax reform is necessary and desirable for fiscal sustainability

21.10.2025 6

Financial Times

Jonathan Portes

There’s only one problem with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality

13.05.2025 10

The Guardian

Jonathan Portes

It’s ‘Maganomics’: Trump’s brash economic strategy is likely to end in crash or crisis

12.03.2025 7

The Guardian

Jonathan Portes

The spiralling cost of borrowing spells trouble for Rachel Reeves – but she must hold her nerve

The cost of UK government borrowing is higher than it has been since just before the global financial crisis of 2008. The yield on five-year gilts...

08.01.2025 10

The Guardian

Jonathan Portes

4. Against free movement? Let’s start with those northerners flocking to London

27.12.2024 10

New Statesman

Jonathan Portes