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By: Ayushma Maharjan

Ayushma Maharjan is a researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies

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  • ‘Manchesterism’ is a myth and you can’t trust Andy Burnham

    Opinion

    Andy Burnham says he wants to “roll back the 80s” but the growth of Manchester is down to the rolling back of socialism that began before he became Mayor, says Ayushma Maharjan Britain’s most popular politician is running on a myth, is not credible, and might out-do Starmer in U-turns. A recent Yougov poll found [...]

    Andy Burnham speaking at a conference, addressing key issues and engaging with an attentive audience in a business setting.
  • Declining patent filings show Britain has stopped innovating

    Opinion

    There are lots of ways to measure innovation, but if we go by patent filings, it's a sorry image for the UK, writes Ayushma Maharjan.

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  • ‘Fiscal rules’ have made Budgets a farce

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    Chancellors increasingly make policy not on economic grounds, but to satisfy the letter of their own self-imposed fiscal rules, writes Ayushma Maharjan.

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