As many report this morning, and as summarised by Politico in its morning email (which I recommend): Leveling-Up Secretary Michael Gove is set to announce
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Wes Streeting really should start talking sense
As The Guardian reports this morning: [Wes] Streeting said on Monday that a Labour government would offer incentives for GP practices in England where patients
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Local government is at risk of failing as a result of government policy
As the Guardian notes this morning: At least 26 councils in some of Britain’s most deprived areas are at risk of effective bankruptcy within the
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The economic truths that seem to have passed Labour by
I commented yesterday on LBC on Rachel Reeves telling the Sunday Telegraph that she has no plans to increase taxes on the wealthiest people in
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We are the people we’ve been waiting for
I liked this, from an old campaigning friend: Council of Europe TV asked me where, as we see inequality breaking our democracies and our societies,
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On the need for taxes on wealth
I did this interview on LBC this afternoon: ‘We want to actually collect money.’ Political economist @RichardJMurphy tells @SangitaMyska how Labour should raise tax funds,
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Autumn is coming
There are things that could be written about today, but I needed a day off, and so I was back at my familiar haunt at
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Overcoming fear
I read two articles yesterday that had a particular impact on me. One was in the FT, and referred to Jay Powell’s speech at Jackson
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Should the UK government be encouraging many more people to buy government bonds?
There is an article in the FT this morning suggesting that it should become much easier to invest in UK government bonds and that the
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