We also asked Mr Hawksworth to estimate what impact such a reform would have on income-tax payers.

ECONOMIST: The Conservatives toy with a politically risky idea

The Economist asked John Hawksworth, an economist at PricewaterhouseCoopers, an accountancy firm, to calculate what that might involve.

ECONOMIST: The Conservatives toy with a politically risky idea

John Hawksworth, an economist at PWC, an accountancy firm, thinks it is likely to be 6.9% of GDP then rather than 5.5%.

ECONOMIST: The chancellor��s fiscal statement was all about politics

House prices are already 25-30% over-valued in relation to income, their main long-run determinant, according to John Hawksworth, an economist at PricewaterhouseCoopers, an accountancy firm.

ECONOMIST: House prices

Dr Gillian Hawksworth, President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, said there was a "clear public health benefit" to be gained from making statins available over-the-counter.

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