We live in a mixed economy. For the foreseeable future – by which I mean in this case, a very long time to come –
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As the BBC has reported today: Thousands of scientists and health experts have joined a global movement warning of “grave concerns” about Covid-19 lockdown policies.
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Liz Truss is, apparently, out and about, promoting freeports today. I recently submitted a fairly lengthy comment to the Government’s consultation on the creation of new Freeport
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The National Audit Office has issued a stark report this morning. It refers to risks within the loan schemes made available to businesses with government
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This video comes out on the day when Cineworld is shutting its doors, at least for the time being. The impact of thus will be
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We’re back. And there will be another one in the morning.  

From Ben Wray of Common Weal in the Source Direct newsletter this morning: Narratively, the Tories have dominated the politics of public finance ever since
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I have already commented on Rishi Sunak’s speech to the virtual Conservative Party conference yesterday, but feel it appropriate to do so again. The speech
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Rishi Sunak’s speech to the virtual Conservative Party conference was dire. To Describe it as vacuous and policy free would be too kind. Its economic
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