As the Guardian reports this morning: Medical leaders are urging the government to end its “astonishing” refusal to publish its own assessment of the risks
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Austerity Isn’t Working – time to invest in growth and jobs
I’m speaking at an event with the above title for Next Generation Labour at Portcullis House, Westminster at 7.30 tonight. They’ve published a powerful blog
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Think tank – and my own – funding
George Monbiot has an article on think tank funding in the Guardian today. He rightly says that think tanks should disclose who is funding them.
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Let’s get real: the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility is just a marketing tool for the Principality’s banks
Accountancy Age has reported: Liechtenstein Banks want to make British ‘tax tourists’ looking to use a groundbreaking tax amnesty pay 30% of their overseas assets
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Does that new research really show competition works in the health service?
Ian Greener is a healthcare academic at Durham. I stroingly recommend his blog to those with interest in NHS matters right now. Yesterday he looked at the
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Factsheet – The Tax Gap
Shamelessly inspired by the new fact sheets on the False Economy blog, here’s one of my own on the Tax Gap: You can download it
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The UK Borders Agency was a disaster – will HMRC follow now Lin Homer is in charge?
The Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Borders Agency has issued a damning report on its management. Its Chief Executive from 2008 to 2010, when
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Labour has to clean up its act
I often criticise the right wing for a lack of transparency but it seems Labour has its problems with opaque funding too, and entryism is still an issue for it.
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The difference between those invited and not invited to the #NHS summit is their capacity to profit
The Guardian summarises those invited and not invited to the NHS summit at Downing Street as follows: INVITED Royal College of Physicians (London) Royal College of Surgeons of England
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