I am in many meetings today. Moderation on the blog will be slow. And, as was the case yesterday, lengthy neoliberal jibberish is unlikely to
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Five years in the Top 50
My job is creating change. That said, it is hard to measure that. So whilst I have my doubts about how newspapers and magazines publish
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Today
I am giving evidence at the Treasury Select Committee this morning. The call paper is here. Then I will be briefing journalists before dashing to City
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Reasons to be cheerful
Having posted Ben Phillips blog entitled Reasons to be Cheerful in the Fight Against Inequality I could not resist a bit of the great Ian
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A question for all campaigners
I am giving a talk on campaigning at an NGO this afternoon. I always find such things a challenge. What to focus on? How to say
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Financial power?
It’s just been drawn to my attention that Accountancy Age think I am 35th on the list of people with financial power in the UK,
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1,931,967 thank yous
This blog enjoyed record traffic last year ( as has, in fact, been the case every previous year): My thanks to all who spent time
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I really hope Ed Balls fails in his new job
I noted this in the Guardian: Sorry, but on this occasion I really hope he messes up. I was brought up in Ipswich and still
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My books of the year
The Times Higher Education asked me to contribute to their Christmas edition in which a range of people select their books of the year. These
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