The FT has offered an an analysis in so-called sick note culture today. Its conclusion is that there is no such thing. The data on
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Bag of tricks
We need to be awake to nature
One of the strangest consequences of running a blog that has quite a high volume of traffic is that I receive a great many press
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What is fair when it comes to tax?
I posted this video on YouTube this morning: This is the transcript: Taxes should be fair. I think that’s obvious. Well, it should be to
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Without providing safe routes for potential refugees Keir Starmer has no way of stopping the boats
I watched Keir Starmer talking on a news bulletin last night and heard him say, in words that echo those of Rishi Sunak, that we
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As disasters go, the Rwanda Bill knows almost no limits.
The Lords gave in to the Commons on the Safety of Rwanda Bill last night, as ultimately they must. Democracy is sovereign and if those
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We need a better song to sing
The Guardian features an interview by John Harris with Caroline Lucas MP this morning. I’ve known Caroline for almost twenty years now. We are both
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Labour has abandoned its environmental commitments. Is it any surprise that UK big business is following its lead?
As the Guardian notes this morning: Unilever is to scale back its environmental and social aims, provoking critics to say its board should “hang their
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Rishi Sunak is to blame for the inability of millions to work
Rishi Sunak has launched am attack on what he calls ‘the sick note culture’. I am, quite frankly, appalled. Sunak is one of the richest
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