Catherine Colebrook

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chief economist at IPPR. She tweets at @cath_colebrook

Lack of Budget action may come back to bite the chancellor

This was a “warm-up” Budget, with many key decisions deferred, delayed or scheduled for... Read more
Will the chancellor’s industrial strategy hit the right targets?

The investment in productivity announced in the Autumn Statement is too narrowly focused to benefit... Read more
Budget 2016: storm clouds or smokescreen?

George Osborne is right that economic storm clouds are gathering. But changes to productivity... Read more
Budgeting for missing billions – how will the chancellor make the sums add up?

George Osborne is likely to have to make more spending cuts in Wednesday’s Budget. Will he... Read more
False economies and economic falsehoods

It can be instructive to look at the logic of Osborne’s latest Spending Review from the other end... Read more