HISTORICAL FACTS: Tom waters - The Untold Story

US farmers face fertilizer price crisis as Iran war disrupts global supply

Farmers are bracing for effects of the Iran war on fertilizer prices and availability

The Independent UK · Mar 18

The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans

The Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is hurting a variety of U.S. companies, nonprofits and farms

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025

Size of Scottish poverty reforms 'not appreciated', IFS director says

THE size of recent Scottish welfare reforms is “not really appreciated” and their impact will be “really quite significant”, a director at…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 14, 2023

UK Silicon Valley plan that Michael Gove ‘flushed down toilet’ given new lease of life

Tom Waters, a senior economist at the IFS, says Hunt’s approach has been to freeze ‘everything he can get his hands on’

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022

Millions more to need benefits as recession woes bear down

The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts a 13.4 per cent rise in people placed on health and disability benefits

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2022

£2 taken from households in ‘stealthy’ freezes for every £1 in tax cuts – IFS

By 2025–26, freezes will take away £2 for every £1 given to households through the headline personal tax cuts, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022