John Healey has said, in advance of the Budget, that his plan is to help the UK through what he describes as a “difficult moment”.
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Talking about neoliberalism does not out people off
The very active debate on neoliberalism on this blog, which arose from my appearance on a Channel 4 podcast over the weekend, has certainly captured
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How To Govern is on its way
The first version of the plan for my forthcoming book, How to Govern, appears to have been created on 31 August this year, based on
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What will Labour do for the 60% of UK households struggling to get by?
Today is Budget Day in the UK, and Chancellor John Healey is preparing to deliver his first Budget for Andy Burnham’s Labour government. But while
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European weather, gas demand and electricity prices
Mike Parr, whose comments many readers here will recognise, is one-third of an email discussion group I also belong to; the third member uses the
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Is Deutsche Bank sending out the signals that indicate a coming crisis?
On 9 August 2007, BNP Paribas announced that it had suspended withdrawals from three investment funds, effective from 7 August The funds held securities linked
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Tinkering at the edges, whilst adding to inequality. That’s the Burnham way
The FT notes this morning that: Chancellor John Healey will help first-time homebuyers, tackle high energy costs and announce a series of “everyday fixes” in
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AI will reduce employment
How do I know AI will cost jobs? Because Microsoft has said so. As the FT notes this morning: Microsoft will offer buyout packages to
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What am I trying to achieve?
A commentator asked here last night, in the context of the discussion on neoliberalism: Who is your audience and what do you want them to
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