This morning the Business and Energy Select Committee has issued a report staying: In 2008 the Green New Deal Group, of which I am a
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The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation is failing the accountancy profession, the capital markets and generations to come with its sustainability standards
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation is consulting on the first two sustainability standards issued by the new International Sustainability Standards Board. The deadline is
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Freeports are a threat to democracy in the hands of Sunak and Truss
In advance of tonight’s debate between Sunak and Truss a thread on a subject that I think might come up – which is freeports: I
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What our economy requires is a revolution to meet need. Nothing less will do.
The first time I had Covid I thought it was all over after a week. I did this time too. I was wrong on both
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Banks and building societies might make £30 billion out of increasing mortgage rates – not a penny of which will be due to their efforts. So when is a windfall tax going to be imposed on them?
There are mortgages to a value of approximately £1.6 trillion (£1,630 billion) outstanding in the UK at present. The interest rate on these will be
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We need a Green New Deal, more than ever
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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Truss wants to undermine public goods
According to Politico this morning: In an interview with The Times, Tory leadership contender Liz Truss says that Britain faces a “pivotal moment” and must
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What happens when most households in the Uk have run out of money by the end of the month – which may happen within a year?
Hargreaves Lansdown, the financial services company, issued a press release yesterday saying this: Where the cost-of-living crisis is hitting hardest Right now, across the UK,
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GDP measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile, as today’s data shows
I just tweeted this: As Robert Kennedy once said: The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of
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