By: William Nixon

William Nixon is a Senior Research Fellow at Policy Exchange and a former economist at Goldman Sachs, the Reserve Bank of Australia, and the Australian Treasury

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Autumn Budget 2026: ‘Steady as she goes’ is no good when the economy’s adrift

Opinion

John Healey avoided several icebergs but there are nasty storms on the horizon, says William Nixon The Chancellor opened his speech by claiming the Budget would help “steer” the UK’s economy through “global economic storms”. He can be commended for avoiding the twin icebergs of major new tax hikes and pre-Budget speculation that sank Rachel [...]
Don’t celebrate the demise of the triple lock, higher taxes are coming

Opinion

Andy Burnham’s tweak to the triple lock won’t save money, in fact a national social care service represents the biggest non-crisis expansion of the state in decades, says William Nixon Many commentators welcomed Prime Minister Burnham’s announcement that he will ‘abolish’ the triple lock in 2030. But bond markets had a different take. Yields on [...]
Government policy, not the Bank of England will determine future interest rate hikes

Opinion

Today’s inflation data does not address two troubling risk on the horizons: a renewed surge in global energy prices and the upcoming Budget, says William Nixon This morning’s inflation data came in close to market expectations, with headline inflation rising to 3.1 per cent in August from 2.9 per cent in July. Compositionally, the increase [...]

House prices set to fall until 2028, with London hit hardest

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim: How SAP and AI can topple Crystal Palace, and scouts

Meet the woman trying to fix hospitality’s toxic kitchen culture

By: William Nixon

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