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Ricky Thakrar

Ending Stagnation: The Economy 2030 Inquiry

Highlights from the keynote sessions of the final report launch

5 min readDec 4, 2023

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Ending Stagnation: The Economy 2030 Inquiry

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Ricky Thakrar

What has strong employment growth looked like in the UK in recent times?

Across the UK, employment growth averaged 0.6% pa between 1981 and 2016 (higher than population growth of 0.4% pa). Employment grew every…

3 min readJul 4, 2021

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UK workforce and population 1981 to 2016. Source: Bank of England (2018) A Millennium of Macroeconomic Data

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Ricky Thakrar

Great Britain at a glance

Over two years ago, I decided to design a tool that would make it easier to see at a glance how a site or settlement sits within…

10 min readFeb 26, 2019

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Great Britain at a glance

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Ricky Thakrar

Analysing the 2017 Ratings List

When the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) published the 2017 Ratings List, they made all of the underlying data from 1.8 million ‘bulk…

8 min readApr 8, 2018

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Analysing the 2017 Ratings List

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Ricky Thakrar

Housing costs — Who pays, and who benefits?

Households in England have endured increasing housing costs in recent years. Who is paying for this, and who is benefiting?

4 min readJul 8, 2017

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Housing costs — Who pays, and who benefits?

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Ricky Thakrar

Migration—Growing into the ‘new norm’

The ‘new norm’

8 min readJun 19, 2016

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Migration—Growing into the ‘new norm’

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Ricky Thakrar

Manifesto Mashup

Highlighting the best policies from the Labour and Green Party manifestos for the UK General Election 2015

13 min readApr 27, 2015

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Manifesto Mashup

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Ricky Thakrar

Tax and Public Spending 101

5 min readNov 30, 2014

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Tax and Public Spending 101

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Ricky Thakrar

Some practical tips on donating to charity

Picking a particular charity

7 min readAug 25, 2014

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Some practical tips on donating to charity

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Ricky Thakrar

Ricky Thakrar

Planning and development surveyor / economic development specialist. Lifelong learner, writing about cities, society and sustainability.

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