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Gavin Kelly

Economics, politics and the reality of the 'squeezed middle'

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David Cameron is pictured during a visit to a London Early Years Foundation.
By Gavin Kelly - 19 March 17:39

By prioritising support for dual-earner couples, the coalition is shunning backbench Tory calls to favour the 'traditional' family.

John Prescott presents his battered 1997 general election pledge card.
By Gavin Kelly - 22 February 11:05

No, but it’s struggling to catch up with the challenge of 2015.

David Cameron and Nick Clegg speak at a press conference inside No.10.
By Gavin Kelly - 21 January 11:26

The coalition hasn’t resolved the role the welfare system should play in supporting families with children. The impasse on childcare policy reflects this.

Passengers travel on a London bus. Photo: Getty
By Gavin Kelly - 20 December 12:12

Making out that cutting working-age welfare won’t hurt those in work is so divorced from reality that there was always going to be backlash. None of which is to say that Osborne’s gamble won’t pay off.

George Osborne
By Gavin Kelly - 04 December 17:08

A few insights from Gavin Kelly to help you navigate Osborne's fiscal arithmetic.

George Osborne
By Gavin Kelly - 02 December 0:40

The Chancellor's strategy is based on faulty rules and unproven assumptions about the deficit.

Children playing
By Gavin Kelly - 27 October 23:28

All parties are desperate for measures that will make life easier for hard-pressed families. Affordable childcare is an obvious candidate.

Man walks on pennies. Photo: Getty
By Gavin Kelly - 19 September 17:10

Gloomy projections all round.

Jobseekers queue outside a Jobcentre
By Gavin Kelly - 02 August 22:00

The squeeze on young people's pay is only going to get worse.

Barbara Castle in 1974
By Gavin Kelly - 30 July 8:49

Time for a better debate about what is happening to the pay of women and men.

Clegg’s new tone on the economy
By Gavin Kelly - 23 May 12:16

The coalition needs to work on a climb down.

New Statesman
By Gavin Kelly - 10 May 16:51

The challenges are real, but the living wage chimes with the public mood.

New Statesman
By Gavin Kelly - 08 May 10:28

Labour needs to move at pace if it’s not going to get timed-out.

New Statesman
By Gavin Kelly - 02 May 11:27

The complex new student support system will result in eye-watering effective tax rates for many low-

Minimum wage.
By Gavin Kelly - 17 April 9:22

The minimum wage has fallen back to the level it was at in 2004 – what are the prospects for a futur

A tilt towards taxing big wealth?
By Gavin Kelly - 21 March 11:54

... and economists love to hate.

By Gavin Kelly - 14 March 17:23

The coalition’s travails over child benefit mean Osborne may revisit his decision to raise the perso

By Gavin Kelly - 06 March 9:06

Do you prioritise fairness for individuals or for households? The coalition is realising you can't d

By Gavin Kelly - 19 February 21:03

The Lib Dem leader and the coming Budget.

By Gavin Kelly - 09 February 17:16

Our Scandinavian friends have much to teach us.

By Gavin Kelly - 25 January 13:26

Nice or nasty, either way the economic future doesn't look great.

By Gavin Kelly - 18 January 18:14

In a more hostile media climate, the coalition's shifts would be portrayed as crass opportunism and

By Gavin Kelly - 08 January 21:08

It's time to start a blunter conversation about tax and spending choices.

By Gavin Kelly and Joe Coward - 22 December 16:48

Let’s make 2012 the year when every care worker gets what they are legally entitled to.

By Gavin Kelly - 16 December 16:11

Might a party leader attend to the growing dissonance between Westminster rhetoric and the daily rea

By Gavin Kelly - 06 December 15:30

There are no signs of living standards for families getting any better. Brace yourself.

By Gavin Kelly - 30 November 18:35

The notion that a Labour government in 2015 would itself be a cutting government has yet to sink in.

By Gavin Kelly - 29 November 18:58

When forced to find new resources, the coalition's instinct is to take them from low-to-middle incom

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