The New Economics Foundation has issued a new report today: The title really undersells this. I rarely unambiguously say something needs reading: I do say that
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People really do give a shit
Politics always has the ability to surprise, but some things are constant. As everyone who has ever stood to be a councillor tells me, dog
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There is a pot of £37 billion within the government’s accounts that is available to meet the cost of paying old age pension increases in accordance with the triple lock. So why is the government refusing to honour its commitment to older people?
It seems to be little known that there is a thing called the National Insurance Fund within UK government accounts. This is what the accounts
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The truth about money – in the House of Lords
My old tax justice friend Prof Prem Sikka is now the Noble Lord Sikka, having been sent to the Lords by Jeremy Corbyn. Last week
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If we discount the future we won’t tackle climate change, which seems to be what some economists want
I am unashamedly quoting from the comments made by Nicholas (Lord) Stern noted in the Guardian this morning. As they record: Many economic assessments of
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