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Landman Economics was established in 2008 by Howard Reed, previously chief economist at the Institute for Public Policy Research.

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Plan B: A good economy for a good society

31 October 2011:Compass has today published the Plan B report, co-edited by Compass chair Neal Lawson and Landman Economics director Howard Reed. Plan B argues that the UK coalition government's austerity programme is having a disastrous impact on the UK economy and should be abandoned, to be replaced by a programme of emergency measures designed to ensure a viable and sustainable economic recovery.

The Plan B report was trailed by an article on the front page of the Observer and a letter signed by 100 economists, also in the Observer on Sunday 30th October. The Plan B report is available for free download from the Compass website.

The economic case for the remutualisation of Northern Rock

3 April 2011: Landman Economics has today published a report setting out the costs and benefits of converting the nationalised Northern Rock bank into a mutually owned bank rather than privatising it. The report can be downloaded here.

2011 Budget analysis by Landman Economics

Budget analysis from Howard Reed of Landman Economics included:

"Cutting red tape isn't a strategy for growth", Left Foot Forward, 23 March 2011;
"Budget 2011: Distributional analysis of the Coalition's major tax changes", Left Foot Forward, 25 March 2011 (with Tim Horton);
"A £10,000 tax threshold: how a little inflation goes a long way", Next Left, 24 March 2011
"Is this the least family friendly government ever?", Left Foot Forward, 28 March 2011 (with Tim Horton).

The impact of outsourcing on public service provision (March 2011)

The trade union Unite recently commissioned Landman Economics to conduct new research on the consequences of the Coalition Government's rush to outsource public service provision on the quality and accountability of public services. The report can be downloaded here.

The impact of tax credit cuts on single parents

Gingerbread recently published new research from Landman Economics on the impact of the changes to tax credits being introduced this April on the incomes, childcare support and incentives to work of single parents. The press release from the research can be read here. The full report, Analysis of the impact of tax credit changes on working single parents, is available from the Gingerbread press office.

The distributional impact of public spending cuts on UK households

In 2010 Landman Economics and the Fabian Society conducted a major research project funded by the UNISON on the extent to which households of different types and at different points in the income distribution benefit from public spending. This research has produced several outputs so far:

A research report, Where the Money Goes, setting out the main findings of the research;
Additional research funded by Age UK on the impact of public spending and cuts to public spending on pensioners in the UK ( download report);
A presentation by Howard Reed to the TUC on the distributional impact of the 2010 Spending Review;
A briefing by the Women's Budget Group on the gender impact of the 2010 Spending Review
articles on the distributional impact of the 2010 Spending Review by Tim Horton and Howard Reed in Radical Statistics and the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice.

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