Neoliberal Myths
Friday, February 10th, 2023Once the Tax Research Glossary is up and running with sufficient entries to make it useful the next issue that I intend to tackle is
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Rail nationalisation is a welcome step - but only the first step of many Labour will need to take
Thursday, April 25th, 2024Labour has said it plans to renationalise almost all of Britain’s railways. I welcome that. The simple fact that it is willing to acknowledge that
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Rishi Sunak is to blame for the inability of millions to work
Saturday, April 20th, 2024Rishi Sunak has launched am attack on what he calls ‘the sick note culture’. I am, quite frankly, appalled. Sunak is one of the richest
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We face a Labour meltdown after the election
Friday, April 12th, 2024I seriously wonder how long Labour has got before it has no choice but to wake up and smell the coffee. It would be incredibly
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Wes Streeting is a disgrace
Monday, April 8th, 2024Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has been writing in The Sun and winning its support for his diagnosis for NHS reform. As they note:
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 - the launch video
Friday, April 5th, 2024This video, made by me and my son, Thomas, is an introduction to the Taxing Wealth Report 2024: The transcript is as follows: I wrote
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Jeremy Hunt's desperate appeal for money
Thursday, March 28th, 2024This is from what seems to be a genuine JustGiving appeals page: Yes, that is Jeremy Hunt, our Chancellor of the Exchequer. Rather than provide
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The NHS could be and should be, well funded so that it might deliver for the people of this country. That it does not do so is a result of Tory policy choice, not necessity
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024The NHS is under threat today, precisely because it is failing to deliver what the people of this country expect of it. A report in
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Evidence suggests that privatising healthcare services does not produce better health outcomes. So why is Labour so keen on doing this?
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024The medical journal, The Lancet has published a paper this month with the following heading: The Summary of the piece is as follows: Over the
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