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Jonathan Portes

Jonathan Portes is professor of economics and public policy at King’s College London and a former senior civil servant

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  There’s one slight issue with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality

  Jonathan Portes

  The government’s new policy will take us back to an uglier, more dangerous place – and it’s not even supported by the data, says professor of public policy Jonathan Portes

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  The panel

  Will Rachel Reeves’s tough decisions pay off? Our panel on the spring statement

  Polly Toynbee, Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Anna Landre, Jonathan Portes, Julia Davies, Mike Clancy and Fatima Ibrahim
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  It’s ‘Maganomics’: Trump’s brash economic strategy is likely to end in crash or crisis

  Jonathan Portes

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

  Jonathan Portes

  There is no need to panic: the government’s overall fiscal strategy is the right one. Spending cuts would be a mistake, says Jonathan Portes, a professor at King’s College London

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  Kemi Badenoch says the Tories got it wrong on immigration. She’s right – but not for the reasons she thinks

  Jonathan Portes

  For 14 years, the Tories presided over a muddle of unrealistic pledges. Labour should try a little honesty instead, says the former civil servant Jonathan Portes

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  Rachel Reeves’s first budget offers a chance to break out of the doom loop. Here’s how she should do it

  Jonathan Portes

  It’s a tall order but Labour has a chance to improve people’s lives in both the short and long term, says economics and public policy professor Jonathan Portes

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  Nature, Culture, and Inequality by Thomas Piketty review – mind the gap
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  The big idea

  The big idea: why we’re getting the immigration debate all wrong

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  Rachel Reeves is pulling off a transparent political manoeuvre. But she’s not entirely wrong

  Jonathan Portes
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  Great Britain? by Torsten Bell – why Labour must move fast and fix things

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  The Tories’ hidden legacies

  Amid the Tories’ fiscal disasters, one change has quietly warped how we see public spending for ever

  Jonathan Portes

  The Tory-created OBR buoyed David Cameron but sank Liz Truss. After the election, it may become Labour’s problem, says economics professor Jonathan Portes
  

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  Are international students taking over UK universities? No – in fact, they’re propping them up

  Jonathan Portes

  Their critics are right about one thing: universities are reliant on overseas money. But that need is generated by cuts, says academic Jonathan Portes

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  The panel

  Will Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement revive the Tories’ election chances? Our panel responds

  Polly Toynbee, Katy Balls , Miatta Fahnbulleh, Lucy Webster, Jonathan Portes and James Johnson

  National Insurance cut; pensions and benefits increased. But is that enough to distract from sluggish growth and the rising cost of living?

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  Book of the day

  What Went Wrong With Brexit by Peter Foster review – state of denial

  A book that lays bare the absurd claims Brexit would reduce red tape – but leaves austerity out of the analysis

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  Why the panic over rising immigration? The post-Brexit system is working

  Jonathan Portes

  Wages remain a problem, but rising numbers of skilled non-EU workers appear to be helping the NHS, social care, and indeed the overall UK economy, says Jonathan Portes of King’s College London

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  I worked on the privatisation of England’s water in 1989. It was an organised rip-off

  Jonathan Portes

  Taxpayers lost out, and consumers have paid through the nose ever since. This failed regime is long past its sell-by date, says economist Jonathan Portes

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  Is Brexit working? Four key tests

  The UK’s economic performance and record on trade, migration and justice since leaving the EU will determine whether Brexit is a success

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  Freezing the fast stream? It’s a political gimmick that will cost the civil service talent

  Jonathan Portes

  The government wants to trim Whitehall – but halting recruitment will cause problems now and in the future, says Jonathan Portes of King’s College London

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  Who paid the price of George Osborne’s two-child benefit cap? Britain’s poorest children

  Mary Reader and Jonathan Portes

  No other country in the world caps benefits after the second child. It’s time we stopped this cruel policy, say academic researchers Mary Reader and Jonathan Portes

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  Now it’s official: Brexit will damage the economy long into the future

  Jonathan Portes

  The Covid threat to GDP is waning, but don’t expect the pain wrought by leaving the EU to subside any time soon, says professor of economics Jonathan Portes