I have said things like this for a long time: You can’t cut your way to prosperity, you have to build it: investing in modern
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David Cameron is apparently going to announce a new shake-up of government services today. In the process it is reported by the Guardian that he
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Politics in Northern Ireland is in crisis this morning and I very much suspect that the interview I am currently scheduled to have on the
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I am heading for Dublin this morning where I am meeting Christian Aid and others this afternoon before travelling to Belfast this evening in anticipation
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I am doing two events in Belfast on Friday. Ths first is: ‘Lowering Corporation Tax in Northern Ireland: A Smart Move or Dangerous Risk?’ Friday
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Oxfam has what I think to be a major new report out today. This is the cover, which tells its own story:   And these
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The FT has a headline today that says: Living wage will hit profits and jobs, warns new CBI head It really is time these people
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I liked a comment by Martin Wolf in the FT this morning. Making the case for the maintenance of very low interest rates in the
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I am pleased to report that I have been told today that I have been appointed as Professor of Practice in International Political Economy in
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