This book outlines the considerable increase in public expenditure in the UK from around 10 per cent of GDP in the 1870s to 40 per cent and above in the21st century. Clive Leeexplores the fluctuations in state spending, highlighting theongoing political conflictover the size and extent of welfare provision.

Public expenditure has increased considerably in the UK from around ten per cent of GDP in the 1870s to forty per cent and above in the 21st century. Clive Lee explores the fluctuations in state spending, highlighting the ongoing political conflict over the size and extent of welfare provision.

INSPIRED BY ACTUAL HISTORICAL EVENTS A semi-historical espionage-thriller tale of Japan's atomic bomb project in World War II, with recently declassified details from the actual Japanese atomic projects It's 1945. War rages on in the Pacific. Island-hopping, the United States and her Allies are entangled in a series of blood-soaked battles, fighting inch after inch of land in their campaign towards the Japanese main islands. But the Empire of Japan has an ace up its sleeve -- the development of a devastating new weapon that will usher in a new era -- the atomic bomb. The salvation of the Allied forces lies not in the hands of a grizzled British Commando, an intrepid Australian frogman, or even a gung-ho U.S. Ranger...but in the hands of a teenage schoolgirl. Enter Mina Sakamoto, codenamed "Coral Hare" -- a Hawaiian-born, second-generation Japanese American. Sweet yet sassy, this undercover doe-eyed, gun-toting firebrand is Uncle's Sam's secret weapon against the Empire of Japan. With details woven together from actual historical events surrounding Japan's World War II atomic weapons projects, follow this pint-sized Hawaiian princess as she journeys from the streets of Tokyo, to the rustic outback of Korea, to the malaria-infested jungles of the Pacific in this regaling tale of adventure, espionage, and derring-do Sit back, kick-up your feet, and delve into this blast-from-the-past, high-octane espionage thriller. Enter Coral Hare, Atomic Agent