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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

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 10

Financial Times

Jonathan Portes

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

13.05.2025 20

The Guardian

Jonathan Portes

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

12.03.2025 10

The Guardian

Jonathan Portes