I have had a number of people draw my attention to an article by the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) in which
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Is the current state of UK politics condemning us to inevitable decline?
As Politico reports this morning: All anyone’s been talking about is the Sunday Times’ bombshell splash on plans by “senior government figures” to put Britain
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Labour can’t hype anger against the Tories and not offer an alternative
I took opportunity as it arose this morning. I was on David Lammy’s show on LBC at 10.10 (or thereabouts). He is, of course, Shadow
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We are heading for an economic meltdown that could be avoided, but not with current government policies
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I had a long discussion with a radio producer yesterday on what I thought was wrong with
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£136 billion of wasted government spending when the NHS is being massively underfunded
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning, summarising this post in a more accessible way: The government is going to pay our commercial banks
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Spending cuts will be £27 billion next year – which is the additional unnecessary sum the government is planning to pay in interest to the UK’s banks next year
Forgive me if what follows is a little technical. It relates to an issue of massively important concern, which is the amount of interest that
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What a surprise: only the top 10% gain from the Autumn Statement
This is analysis from the New Economics Foundation: Guess what? The Tories have made life more difficult in the UK the lower your level of
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The Tories are literally dying out
I thought this Twitter thread from Ben Ansell well worth sharing here: At this point the focus was on housing, and I am not sure
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Hunt has lost the Mail
This is the Mail’s front page today: Click on it for a bigger image which should be readable. Yes, it’s nasty. Yes, it’s predictable. But
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