Paul Ormerod News Today

The jury is still out on Budget 2024 among police officers and prison staff. On Thursday, the Government committed $226 million to train an extra 500 police...

Britain has never cracked the formula for cheap, efficient, reliable rail, so what makes Labour think renationalisation is the answer?

Electric cars have not become better or cheaper fast enough, and without rapid improvements the market will run out of road

New hate crime laws will have serious consequences – not last for the police's ability to solve actual crimes

From steelworks to freeport, Redcar's redevelopment offers a model for moving on which Derby may wish to follow, writes Paul Ormerod.

With the public sector no more efficient than it was in the late 1990s, it's time to start seriously scrutinising our public services.

Andy Haldane's criticisms of the Bank of England's persistence with higher rates are misguided

The intriguing factor governing low household spending isn't mortgages or energy prices, argues Paul Ormerod, but saving...

If productivity can be raised, more services can be provided to the public for any given level of spending, writes Paul Ormerod

With lecturers incentivised to carry out worthless research and students let in on ability to pay, it is high time universities were reformed.