I have tweeted this: A UK economic plan in a tweet Spend money on care and energy efficiency in every constituency. Deliver a strong NHS
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£15 billion for PPE? Really? Something feels very wrong here
The government has claimed it has spent £15 billion on PPE as a result of coronavirus. Given that we know there shortages of PPE until
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The debt fetishists are back in town, asking all the wrong questions, but with massively dangerous consequences
Chris Giles at the FT had a good coronavirus crisis: his work on estimating real deaths was widely noted. But now he’s back in familiar
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Thursday morning thoughts: dark humour warning
When Liz Truss says Brexit cannot work it’s a sign that the true believers are jumping ship
Liz Truss was my MP for some time. I’m not sure she ever represented my views, but in South West Norfolk anyone with a blue
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Sunak did nothing for the public sector yesterday and not a job will be created there. Which is why his plans will fail
I’ve worked with Geoff Tily, the chief economist at the TUC, over many years, including in his role as an ad hoc members of the
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Wealth taxes: a Chancellor saying no is not enough to end a debate
Beth Winter, a Labour MP, asked this question in Parliament this afternoon: Richard Murphy, a professor of political economy at City University in London, says
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Introduction to accounting: a new YouTube video
The last of the introductory videos for my YouTube channel is now out: Accounting may not be everyone’s idea of a campaigning theme, but I
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