Our event in Ely yesterday was, I think, a great success. We addressed solution-focused campaigning, which is also the topic of today’s podcast with John
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How to change the world
How do you actually change the world? In this Funding the Future podcast, I talk with my old friend and fellow Tax Justice Network co-founder
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Moderation today
Please excuse me if I am distracted today. We are holding our event in Ely. One reason I can, most of the time, moderate comments
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How far can Labour fall?
The G7 statement on releasing diesel stocks, issued yesterday, was a pile of nonsense that eventually only indicated that all these nations still live in
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We are at a moment when the world can pivot
The Telegraph has this to say in an email this morning: Andy Burnham’s first three months in Downing Street have been, by and large, smooth
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What is money, really?
What is money? We use it every day, but most of what we are taught about money misrepresents what it actually is. In this Understanding
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Is Burnham’s government planning a crime against society?
The Guardian has reported this morning that: Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and
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My View on … Tax
My View on … Tax Richard J Murphy October 2026 ____________________ This post is part of an ongoing series in which I set out my
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What if fiscal headroom doesn’t exist?
As the UK approaches the Budget, one phrase is going to be repeated again and again is “fiscal headroom”. Politicians, economists and journalists talk about
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