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Richard Murphy on developing a fairer and sustainable economy

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Is it time to charge VAT on ultra-processed foods because of the massive harm that they do to society?

Posted on December 5 2023

The Guardian has an article with this headline this morning: It also has an article with this headline: The two between them reveal a truth
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7

The government’s desire to have access to the bank accounts of every benefit claimant – including pensioners – whilst refusing to take powers to tackle tax abuse – reveals malicious intent on their part

Posted on December 5 2023

This speech was made by Labour backbench Sir Stephen Timms in the House of Commons on 29 November during a debate on the government’s new
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17

What Labour is proposing makes no sense at all – even electorally

Posted on December 5 2023

I posted this poll on Twitter yesterday morning: I do, of course, accept that my Twitter following is not representative. It is bound to have
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19

Starmer does need to learn about what entrepreneurialism really is

Posted on December 4 2023

This Tweet from me was popular yesterday: The point is really important, and suggests a real lack of economic understanding on Starmer’s part.

9

Thames Water’s auditors have concerns about it being a going concern but will our politicians be any better custodians of our water supply now they believe that they’re impoverished?

Posted on December 4 2023

In a report published earlier this year, I suggested that the English water companies were what I described as ‘environmentally insolvent’. By that I meant
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38

Why we do not need a wealth tax – but need to tax the income earned from wealth a great deal more

Posted on December 4 2023

Many organisations on the left of UK politics are now calling for wealth taxes. The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 does not do so. It is
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12

When only discombobulated will do

Posted on December 4 2023

I always wonder whether using the word discombobulated is fair. It does, after all, have little common usage. It is cumbersome. And it usually refers
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59

Labour’s plan for Britain is austerity piled high

Posted on December 3 2023

Keir Starmer has a deeply depressing article in The Telegraph this morning. He began by talking about: It is in this sense of public service
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11

Turnstones and eider

Posted on December 2 2023

It was a dawn start for birdwatching in Walberswick, Suffolk, this morning: It was very cold: it certainly felt like several degrees minus. Amongst the
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