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CEO of National Infrastructure Commission appointed (HMT - UK Her Majesty's Treasury)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Dec 2015
(Source. HMT - UK Her Majesty's Treasury). The Chancellor has appointed Phil Graham as CEO of the National Infrastructure Commission ... The Chancellor said.. I am delighted to appoint Phil Graham as CEO of the National Infrastructure Commission ... Further information ... Professor Tim Besley - a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee and the LSE's Growth Commission, which recommended an independent infrastructure body....

George Osborne launches national infrastructure commission

Edit The Guardian 31 Oct 2015
Chancellor blames long commutes, high energy bills and homeownership problem on failure of government to invest. @fperraudin ... “That has started to change ... Speaking at the National Railway Museum in York on Friday, Osborne said the commission would also include the former Conservative deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine and Prof Tim Besley, a former member of the Bank of England’s rate-setting monetary policy committee ... ....

Infrastructure to be at heart of November spending review

Edit The Guardian 30 Oct 2015
@fperraudin ... Speaking at the National Railway Museum in York on Friday, the chancellor will announce that the commission’s panel will include former Conservative deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine and Professor Tim Besley, a former member of the Bank of England’s rate-setting monetary policy committee ... Related ... Seven people will sit on the body’s panel, including Adonis, Heseltine and Besley ... ....

Osborne to launch National Infrastructure Commission

Edit BBC News 30 Oct 2015
The others are former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine; former member of the Bank of England's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee Prof Tim Besley; former chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority Sir John Armitt; neuroscientist Sadie Morgan; former chief economist to the Greater London Authority Bridget Roswell; and chairman of the Victoria & Albert Museum Sir Paul Ruddock ... Share this story About sharing. ....

Osborne Pledges U.K. Infrastructure Focus in Spending Review

Edit Bloomberg 30 Oct 2015
U.K ...   ... Osborne will announce further details to Parliament in his spending review on Nov. 25 ... The panel will also include former Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine, John Armitt, the former chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority, former Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Tim Besley and Bridget Rosewell, a senior adviser at Volterra and former chief economic adviser to the Greater London Authority ... ....

Osborne launches national infrastructure commission

Edit The Guardian 30 Oct 2015
Chancellor blames long commutes, high energy bills and homeownership problem on failure of government to invest. @fperraudin ... Speaking at the National Railway Museum in York on Friday, the chancellor said the commission would also include the former Conservative deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine and Prof Tim Besley, a former member of the Bank of England’s rate-setting monetary policy committee ... “That’s the problem ... ....

Infrastructure at heart of Spending Review as Chancellor launches National Infrastructure Commission (HMT - UK ...

Edit Public Technologies 30 Oct 2015
Lord Heseltine - the former deputy prime minister who has long championed the regeneration of Britain's inner cities through infrastructure investment Sir John Armitt - the former chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority, and next year's President of the Institute of Civil Engineers Professor Tim Besley - a former member of the Bank of England's ......

LSE recommendations behind UK government's new Infrastructure Commission (London School of Economics and Political Science) ...

Edit Public Technologies 05 Oct 2015
(Source. London School of Economics and Political Science) ... Professor Tim Besley, Sir William Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics and one of the two co-chairs of the Growth Commission, said ... The LSE Growth Commissioners were Philippe Aghion, Tim Besley, John Browne, Francesco Caselli, Richard Lambert, Rachel Lomax, Chris Pissarides, Nick Stern and John Van Reenen ... Monday 5 October 2015. distributed by ... (noodl. 30180016) ....

Why the UK election matters to the rest of the world

Edit CNN 08 May 2015
(CNN)Oh, how analysts worried ahead of UK elections. They were certain voters would fill Parliament with extreme political factions making it tough to form a new government, much less keep one together ... But Britons have bedeviled expectations. There will be no changing horses in mid-stream ... for now ... "There is one elephant in the room and that is the EU referendum," said Tim Besley, professor of economics at the London School of Economics....

What the private sector needs from the State (EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)

Edit noodls 16 Apr 2015
(Source. EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) What the private sector needs from the State. By Anthony Williams. @ebrdtony ... I ... Economists like Dani Rodrik, Arvind Subramanian, Tim Besley and Daron Acemoglu, drawing on insights of intellectual giants like Douglas North, began to steer the development agenda more towards strengthening both political and economic institutions to support markets and ensure social cohesion....

Two students scoop £10k each, in PwC’s student competition for best ideas on UK tax reform (PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)

Edit noodls 12 Feb 2015
(Source. PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) ... The competition, the biggest of its kind, asked students how they would change the tax system to improve future employment prospects and drive the economy ...  Judges including Linda Bennett, founder of LK Bennett and Professor Tim Besley, school professor of economics and political science at the London School of Economics, were unanimous in their decision ... ENDS distributed by ... (noodl....

PwC unveils £20k student competition for best idea on UK tax reform (PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)

Edit noodls 07 Oct 2014
(Source. PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). PwC today launches a major competition for students in its quest for fresh thinking and debate on UK tax reform ... Students are invited to submit a 2,000 - 3,000 word answer to ... Judges include Linda Bennett, founder of LK Bennett and Professor Tim Besley, school professor of economics and political science at the London School of Economics ... Kevin Nicholson, head of tax at PwC, said. ... Notes ... (noodl....

LSE Holds 6th Asia Forum in Kuala Lumpur

Edit PR Newswire 04 Apr 2014
LSE Asia Forum brings together policy makers, academics, and business leaders to discuss a range of issues relating to the region. Download image ... This marks the first time that LSE has held this prestigious event in Malaysia, and is the 6th such event since the inaugural Asia Forum in Bangkok in 2004 ... There was also a special lunchtime session, on 'Leveraging Asia's Success', which was led by LSE Professor Tim Besley ...   ... Malaysia ... ....
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