As Politico notes this morning: The consensus that this [shadow Cabinet reshuffle] is a ruthless march of the Labour centre/right (delete as appropriate) at the
Read the full article…
The Tories are asset-strippers: no wonder nothing works anymore
Yesterday was a debacle for the Tories. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan sought to blame everyone but herself for the mess in the management of RAACs.
Read the full article…
The UK could recover economically – but only if we change our systems of national accounting and our fixation with low taxation
I have already discussed the failure of the UK to invest this morning. The FT highlights another aspect of this today. Having noted our rather
Read the full article…
We have an investment crisis in the UK – and it is time we came to terms with it
The House of Commons Library reported recently that: In financial year 2021-22 capital spending by the Department for Education was around £4.9 billion, this was
Read the full article…
Wealth taxes: the pros and cons
I was interviewed by Xander Elliards for The National about wealth tax last week. I just found the video on YouTube. This is all pretty
Read the full article…
On the Cam
Time was well spent by the River Cam this morning. I could have aligned this short better, but I still like it as a sign
Read the full article…
Our parliamentary constituencies are gerrymandered to favour the Tories
As the Guardian noted yesterday: British democracy is being “warped” by an unfair system for drawing constituency boundaries that ignores millions of “missing voters” and
Read the full article…
One day the Office for National Statistics will get their accounting right – but they remain a long way from doing so right now
The Office for National Statistics admitted yesterday that it thinks it has made a serious mistake in its accounting for UK national income. It has
Read the full article…
Securonomics, the right way
My friend, Green New Deal colleague and Finance for the Future partner, Colin Hines, has this letter in the Guardian this morning: Rachel Reeves deludes
Read the full article…