according to the institute for fiscal studies if you are serious about running a strong and stable economyuote unquote, austerity further because of the nature of the scottish economy. if you take the growth commission report that was published 18 months or so ago, it shows that we can reach a sustainable position by growing the economy, by investing in public services. if you look at the harsh reality at the moment we have had a uk government that has mismanaged the government post the financial crisis. i don't know what you're reading but i imagine like most politicians in the united kingdom you take seriously and respect the institute for fiscal studies. they have run the numbers on what a postindependence scottish economy would look like and because of, frankly, historically the reliance of scotland on tax revenue‘s being transferred from england, they conclude, let me finish, they conclude that postindependence and this is a direct quote, given the ageing population in scotland and the rising cost of healthcare, social care and pensions, unless these demands were not met then it means

but the research by the institute for fiscal studies, commissioned by the department for education, hasthe study also found that male graduates on average gain by £130,000 while female graduates benefit less, by £100,000. let‘s talk to jack britton from the institute for fiscal studies. thanks for coming in today. what was the most surprising finding here for you because it i think there is a few surprising findings in this data. one of the exciting things as this is new data people haven‘t been able to look at before in such detail and one of the really surprising things is not necessarily the kind of overall numbers but it isa the kind of overall numbers but it is a descriptive point, which is that we seem male earnings of graduates growing very rapidly during their 30s, which results in them having a very large benefit to higher education overall, across their whole lifetime. that growth is very rapid for men but outstrips the growth of graduate women which is a stark, descriptive result in what we have looked at. presumably because women are having children? probably a big factor. a

not rosy for the government economically and that the story quotes the director of the institute for fiscal studiesuld have to face up to the fact that we may need tax rises if you will spend more and actually the government is cutting taxes for businesses. cutting corporation tax to 70% which in my view is the wrong thing to do. but also a lot of speculation about what they might do in terms of pension, raids and effectively punishing people that voted for them. we always get a lot of speculation i obliges. we've had this huge change anyway. yes. there was a suspicion that was put out as a way to brief against sajid javid. saying that he was planning to hammer tory voters, to maybe something to blow on moving. it says here that things like raising, that will be delayed until later in the year if it happens at all. pension contribution tax, that will not happen any more. i also told of a mansion tax, remarkable when you think about it. the chancellor looking to tax high value properties. that will not happen either. but also bringing back the coronavirus again as well as the economic forecast not b

that although the government has pledged a three—year funding package for schools, the institute for fiscal studiesal studies has said that by 2022— 2023, the real term changes, the funding levels will be the same as they were in 2009 so there have been 13 years of deterioration and it is just shocking that we allow this to happen to our next generation. 70 hour weeks for staff, which is really huge stress. cutbacks in teaching assistants and yet class sizes are increasing. although some say the school will be in debt by summer. council run schools over half are in the red. that seems really shocking but what is in the spirit of balance, the department for education is trying to look at this research say this report is based on a small and unrepresentative sample of school. come with me, i will take you to schools in one area. the difference between going to a private school and a child going to a state school and a child going to a state school and most teachers are brilliant at what they are doing... and the growing with the profession is that a growing numberof growing with the profession is tha

the influential independent think tank the institute for fiscal studies is warning that the new chancellornt's own borrowing rules. rishi sunak will deliver his first budget in two weeks' time. he's under pressure to increase spending on the nhs, social care and schools to meet manifesto commitments. the grammy award—winning singer duffy has revealed she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker. the 35—year—old welsh star posted on her instagram account that her "recovery took time". the performer had a uk number one single "mercy" in 2008 and a multi—platinum album, rockferry, came out the following year. her second album came out in 2010 and she hasn't released another one since. in the post she said she's "not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk." she then told fans that, "the truth is, and please trust me i am ok and safe now, i was raped and drugged and held captive over some days." she went on to say that in the last decade she committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in her heart again. addre

the influential independent think tank, the institute for fiscal studies, is warning that the new chancellore to raise taxes, or break the government's own borrowing rules. rishi sunak will deliver his first budget in two weeks‘ time. he's under pressure to increase spending on the nhs, social care and schools to meet manifesto commitments. almost 200,000 patients in england waited more than four hours on trolleys in a&e over the last two months, because of a shortage of beds. that's according to the findings of a bbc investigation which also showed this winter was officially the worst for a generation for hospitals. nhs england said rising demand was creating challenges, but forthcoming investment would help cut waiting times. the grammy award—winning singer duffy has revealed she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker. the 35—year—old welsh star posted on her verified instagram account that her "recovery took time". the performer, who had the uk number one single "mercy" in 2008, posted to her 33,000 followers, "the truth is, and please trust me i am 0k and safe now.

institute the rate of return is tremendous, lots and lots of studies have pointed this out. in 2010 you may be familiar with the work that moody's analytics did looking at fiscal stimulus for a variety of governmental activities, tax cuts, increases in s.n.a.p. program spending, but specifically infrastructure, for every dollar there's a return of $1.57 to the economy. >> that's a big difference between getting 20 cents and getting $1.57 back on the dollar. i know you may not specifically project or measure that but is it your assessment that infrastructure spending would have a net positive impact on the economy and on our fiscal condition? >> on the economy, certainly. investment if well done has the ability to improve gdp and have the kind of positive expernal effects you mentioned that would have feedback to the budget. the challenge is the precise infrastructure that's done. we all know there's the high speed rail in the middle of nowhere and fixing the bridge that's key. >> right, but if we're talking about the kind of investments that would clearly be tied to efficiencies in delivering products to market, particularly when we talk about supporting the american manufac