I just posted this as a Twitter thread (I refuse to call it X): The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at
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Did people die from Covid because of the power of populist politics?
In the context of the Covid inquiry, I have had my attention drawn to a paper in the British Medical Journal entitled ‘How covid-19 spreads:
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Fewer houses are being built when we need more. And who is to blame? The Bank of England, of course.
Almost everyone agrees that we need more housing in the UK simply because we have – and are going to have – a growing population.
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Did the over-50s never pick up where they left off after Covid lockdowns?
As the Guardian reports this morning: The pandemic has caused sustained harm to the brain health of people aged 50 or over, rapidly speeding up
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How many lives would have been improved in 2020 if No. 10 had been more woke?
I listened to the evidence given by Helen MacNamara, the former deputy cabinet secretary who was in office as the Covid crisis developed, given to
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: restricting charity tax reliefs to prevent their abuse
The latest in my series of proposals that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 has been published. In this latest note, I consider the
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