Budget 2011: Retro Shock Doctrine as Thatcher’s Enterprise Zones return

In a display of loyalty to the memory of Margaret Thatcher (don’t get excited; she’s still alive), George Osborne today announced that now the Tories are back in power, they’re bringing back Enterprise Zones. There will be 21 in total. Ten locations have been chosen by Osborne, so we will see EZs in Birmingham and [...]

On Scotland’s People…

This article is cross-posted from Lallands Peat Worrier The Scottish Household Survey “is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland” which is “designed to provide reliable and up-to-date information on the composition, characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of Scottish households and individuals, both nationally and at a [...]