£4 million from Cayman? That will do nicely, thank you
As Open Democracy has revealed: The Labour Party’s largest-ever donation came from a Cayman Islands-registered hedge fund with shares worth hundreds of millions of pounds
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Forcing people back into the ‘workplace’ is the best way to destroy the productivity of millions of people
Amazon wants all of its employees to be working at the company’s premises for five days a week from the start of 2025. They are
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Starmer exposed
Why does it matter that Keir Starmer has received maybe £100,000 of personal financial gifts and support during his time as prime minister? And why
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Ultra-processed foods are up with climate change as a threat to well-being
The FT has reported this morning that: The UK should increase tax on tobacco, alcohol and “unhealthy food companies” to raise £10bn a year by
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Will the state pension be means tested?
I put up a Twitter poll yesterday, asking whether the state pension should be means tested. After 20 hours this was the result: Roughly one
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On household budgets
The ethics of the Starmer’s clothing
As the Guardian notes this morning: Keir Starmer is alleged to have broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife
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Can we afford the welfare state?
In this morning’s video I note that Steve Baker – until recently a Tory MP – has claimed that in twenty years’ time – when
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