Has a budget ever been leaked as much as this Wednesday’s? No doubt there is a rabbit left in Sunak’s hat, but most must be
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The framing of the budget
This Twitter thread actually began life as a blog post, then moved to Twitter, and now I bring it back again: The framing of this
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Sunday morning thoughts
These got posted on Twitter this morning, the last two as a very short thread: How many times this week will we hear the lie
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One jab is not enough: two are needed for vaccination
Just to fuel the Covid debate that is going on here, I offer this from the latest React Study from Imperial College London: As they
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Who pays for COVID-19? In search of tax justice
The above was the slightly awkward title that my talk to Keele World Affairs ended up with. The talk will be available in video format
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Why we don’t need to pay for Covid because we already have
I get really annoyed by all the economists going around saying that we have to work out how to pay for Covid when the simple fact is that
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Little sense and less sensibility: the government’s route to many more Covid deaths
I watched the Prime Minister’s press conference last night. I read the ‘road map’. I read expert reaction in the media and on Twitter. And
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Labour’s Recovery Bonds are a work in progress, but they are also a decided step in the right direction
Having been taken slightly by surprise to find that Labour appeared to be promoting an idea I have long been associated with, having first suggested
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Labour goes for bonds – which are the right solution for savings and investment for this moment
As The Independent has reported: Labour leader Keir Starmer has announced plans for a new British Recovery Bond to allow people to invest billions of pounds savings built
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