I was in a discussion on email with some informed people today when this comment was made: Fitch lowered its credit rating of UK government
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In an article on Brave New Europe this morning Camille Landais, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman argue that there needs to be a European wide
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Sunday morning is often a moment for reflection: Saturday’s given some relief from the working week. I lie in a little longer than usual most
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Jeremy Corbyn is no longer leader of the Labour Party. Like it or not, I have to accept my role in his selection for that
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This is quite a surprising editorial comment in a UK newspaper today: If there is a silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that
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It’s not very often that good PhD opportunities come up in the UK, but my colleague Prof Andrew Baker at the University of Sheffield has
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Almost unnoticed in the last few weeks is the fact that there is, officially, a political Opposition in the UK. It does have quite a
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The government has this morning announced reform to the business loan schemes that have, to date, been so hopelessly inadequate. They have noted that: £90
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I have already mentioned the work Ben Wray is doing as editor of the Source Direct email newsletter from the Commonweal thinktank in Scotland, which
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