The OBR calculates that a rise in life expectancy over the next 50 years of just 0.4 years would increase the national debt by 3 per cent of GDP Source: Can we have more life without more taxes? - CapX
In 2015 there were three times as many people aged over 85 as there were in 1990. Source: Desperate NHS needs a desperate remedy | Comment | The Times & The Sunday Times
The OBR calculates that a rise in life expectancy over the next 50 years of just 0.4 years would increase the national debt by 3 per cent of GDP Source: Can we have more life without more taxes? - CapX
You don't need to watch Rory Stewart poking fun at American Generals and European politicians to be wary of labelling anything a 'decisive year', but it's difficult to think of 2012 as anything else if you're sitting in DCMS. I can't quite believe it is seven…