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1 week ago | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
Statue of Queen Anne at St Paul's Cathedral. Photo: Getty ImagesStatue of Queen Anne at St Paul's Cathedral.
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3 weeks ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Karl Williams
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
conservativehome.com | Karl Williams
Karl Williams is Research Director at the Centre for Policy Studies. A new report by the Government’s fiscal watchdog about the long-term outlook for tax and spending makes for deeply depressing reading – although it does at least cast official doubt on the last few remaining pro-mass migration shibboleths.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
Since 2021, we have issued over 3.64 million migrant visas – but just 0.6% went to scientists and engineers We need an immigration system where overall numbers are lower and standards are higher Despite promises of more selective immigration, we have seen the oppositeOne of the most common misconceptions in the immigration debate is that cutting back on numbers means cutting back on skilled migrant workers. But this couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
Photo: Carl Court/Getty ImagesPhoto: Carl Court/Getty Images The Tories' proposals on migration are welcome – but there's more to be done In addition to a cap, Parliament should vote on a migration budget each year All parties need to be clearer about how much migration they think Britain needsNet migration this Parliament has exceeded two million, equating to immigration-driven population growth of 3% in just four years – twice the rate of the 2010s, and seven times the rate of the 1990s.
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May 20, 2024 | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
Photo: Getty Images Economic forecasters cannot be beyond criticism if they are underperforming Recently, the OECD has consistently underestimated the UK's GDP growth We should take international organisations' alarmist growth predictions with a pinch of saltThis piece was originally published on the Centre for Policy Studies’ new monthly newsletter, which you can sign up to here.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
The ONS' migration projections have consistently fallen short Incorrect net migration figures are informing Britain's economic policy The fallibility of net migration projections may reflect a reality in which we've lost control of our bordersThis piece was originally published on the Centre for Policy Studies’ new monthly newsletter, which you can sign up to here.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
express.co.uk | Karl Williams
Remoaner protesters (Image: Getty)It’s been eight years since the referendum and four years since we actually left the EU, and still the Remoaners harp on about the supposed economic damage of Brexit. Yet the hard data shows they were wrong then and remain wrong now. From the moment the referendum campaign began, we were told that Brexit would be economically disastrous. Hence the Treasury forecast of an immediate ‘DIY recession’ following a vote to leave.
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Nov 23, 2023 | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
23 November 2023 @MalvernianKarl Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Since 2021, Britain's population has grown by 1.8% – that's 1.2 million people Given how bad we are at building houses and essential infrastructure, this level of migration can't continue It's hard to imagine ministers stomaching the measures needed to cut to migration before the next election Revised migration figures show that, as predicted in May this year, net migration in 2022 was radically...
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
The ‘gerontocratic transition’ means that, in 2024, a majority of voters in most constituencies will be over 55 We must face up to the reality that as Britain’s population is greying, so too is its political economy This century's most successful nations will escape the tax and spend vortex caused by their ageing populationsThere are many long-term challenges facing Britain’s policymakers. But the ageing population is surely the most intractable.
