Before getting Covid last week I met with some members of the Green New Deal Group to discuss strategy. The sad conclusion was that no
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I liked this: 'I have had enough of being told by shadowy old businessmen and lazy, ignorant hacks – who aren't real scientists – that
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My friends at the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency have an online course available on the importance f fiscal transparency to development. I share it
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Growing concerns about the impact of climate-change on business performance have increased demand for greater climate-related disclosures at large companies. The quality of those disclosures,
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As the Guardian notes this morning: The government is failing to enact the policies needed to reach the UK’s net zero targets, its statutory advisers
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I was pleased to read this in the FT: UK oil and gas producers on Thursday warned Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, that his new windfall
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When it comes down to it this blog is all about political economy. Political economy is related to economics, of course, but it is a
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I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: We know we have a government that lies. We know it is corrupt. And its big new
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The FT reports this morning that: Ministers made a last-minute decision to withdraw plans to force big UK companies and asset managers to disclose their
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