Haldane warns Burnham on ‘tax-and-spend socialists with better TikTok videos’ Economics Former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane has warned Prime Minister Andy Burnham that markets believe he is presiding over a “traditional tax and spend socialist government with better Tiktok videos”. Haldane, who advised Burnham before he returned to Westminster earlier this year, said the government’s “Achilles’ heel” was its inability to cut public [...]
Andy Haldane steps back from role at RSA Business Andy Haldane is stepping down from his role as chief executive of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts (RSA) to take a career break. The former chief economist at the Bank of England will stay on at the charity, one of the UK’s leading arts and innovation third sector bodies, until half-way through [...]