PEF at the The World Transformed, Brighton , 28th September 2021
Patrick Allen
September 28, 2021
PEF at the Labour Party Conference fringe 26th September 2021
Patrick Allen
September 13, 2021
Launch of PEF’s new book The Return of the State
Patrick Allen
May 6, 2021
PEF council members July 2020
Patrick Allen
November 30, 2020
Designing the First Labour Budget
Patrick Allen
September 23, 2019
Lessons from European National Investment Banks Roundtable
Stephany Griffith-Jones
July 25, 2019
Enhancing the Bank of England Toolkit Workshop
Patrick Allen
May 9, 2019
PEF at the Labour Party Conference 2018
Patrick Allen
September 25, 2018
PEF Parliamentary Launch
Patrick Allen
May 17, 2018
2019 General Election: Analysis of Party Manifesto Pledges
Patrick Allen
December 4, 2019
10 Years Since The Crash: Causes, Consequences and the Way Forward
Ann Pettifor
November 2, 2018
PEF publishes blue print for the post-covid economy on 29th April 2021
Patrick Allen
April 14, 2021
“After decades of assault by state-shrinking ideologues, a collision of crises has revealed how only the power of good government can save us. Covid, climate catastrophe and Brexit crashed in on a public realm stripped bare by a decade of extreme austerity. Here all the best writers and thinkers on the good society show recovery is possible, with a radical rethink of all the old errors. Read this, and feel hope that things can change. ”
Polly Toynbee
PEF Council letter to FT on social infrastructure
Susan Himmelweit
December 16, 2020
The regeneration of Britain’s ‘national infrastructure’ must include investment in ‘social infrastructure’ such as childcare, schools and universities, regional theatres, orchestras, common spaces, and local sports.
John Weeks 1941 -2020
Patrick Allen
August 28, 2020
We received the sad news that our great friend and colleague John Weeks died on 26th July 2020 after increasing ill health over the last few months. John was one of the founders of PEF and coordinator of the council.
The OBR approach is wrong – PEF Council letter to FT
Patrick Allen
August 6, 2020
We have reviewed the fiscal sustainability report published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on 14 July 2020. We believe that its approach to economics is wrong. The view it presents does not, in our opinion, help economic recovery.
The End of Austerity Speak
John Weeks
March 30, 2020
The United Kingdom has made its first step toward ending the rhetoric of fiscal austerity, yet reactions to the budget on 11th March demonstrate how engrained the austerity ideology is in the media.
The 2020 Budget
Patrick Allen
March 27, 2020
The day following the 2020 budget, PEF interviewed five members of the PEF Council on the new budget and the changing economic direction of the United Kingdom. Here are the interviews in full.
Macro policy for a post-Brexit government
Patrick Allen
January 29, 2019
Whether still a member of the European Union or in some other economic and political arrangement with Europe, a new government would inherit an unbalanced and stagnating economy.
Employee-owned trusts are taking off
Patrick Allen
December 17, 2018
Last month, Hodge Jones and Allen became the first law firm to become entirely owned by its employees. Employee owned businesses show how employees can be given more autonomy whilst delivering more stable performance.
Budget 2018: Progressive Perspectives
Patrick Allen
October 29, 2018
Since the introduction of austerity, the focus of each Budget has been on reducing the deficit and debt – to the detriment of the wider economy. In this podcast series, members of the PEF Council explore what a progressive approach to the Budget could look like.
Hammond, McDonnell & the Budget to end austerity
John Weeks
October 25, 2018
Chancellor Philip Hammond believes the task is to reduce the deficit to zero. But sound fiscal policy involves balancing the economy, not balancing the budget.
