The Guardian has reported this morning that: Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and
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My View on … Tax Richard J Murphy October 2026 ____________________ This post is part of an ongoing series in which I set out my
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As the UK approaches the Budget, one phrase is going to be repeated again and again is “fiscal headroom”. Politicians, economists and journalists talk about
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As many readers here will know, we are holding a Funding the Future event in Ely on Saturday. The focus will be on solution-focused campaigning,
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My old friend, Larry Elliott, is in The Guardian today saying: To make a real difference, [Burnham and Healey] need to tackle head-on the nostrums
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Andy Burnham has raised the possibility, in his Labour Party conference speech and subsequent comments, that the UK might be on a path back to
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AI could cost you a fortune, and not because of the price of a ChatGPT subscription. The AI investment boom is drawing enormous amounts of
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My View on … Money Richard J Murphy September 2026 ________________ This post is part of an ongoing series in which I set out my
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YouGov published a new poll yesterday through the relatively new online space that is called The New World. Peter Kellner wrote in a free email
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