As the FT notes today: The Green party is calling for the billions of pounds earmarked for HS2 to be diverted into a nationwide upgrade
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It’s not just climate change: biodiversity is vital too
Once upon a time concern about nature was for people who picked up binoculars. Not any more, I hope. The latest State of Nature Report makes the
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The Green New Deal: building a secure future
This post by me was on the Progressive Economy Forum blog yesterday. I admit it’s an iteration of something that has been here before, but
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There is no future with the Tories – literally
Unless we move to net-zero carbon by 2030 the future of our planet is uncertain. Labour has appreciated that and set 2030 as its net-zero
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Helicopter money is the last thing that we need
This morning’s Telegraph main story (care of a BBC tweet) is: Let’s be clear about this: there is no case for helicopter money. Helicopter money
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Local authority bonds could play a big role in the Green New Deal and transform our communities
As Bloomberg has reported about the USA (I stress): Municipal bonds have never been at risk of becoming the next big thing for bubble-chasing investors,
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Only Andrea Leadsom could get almost everything about her Green New Deal spending wrong
Andrea Leadsom announced £1bn of extra government spending for the Green New Deal before the Tory party conference. The sum involved is one-fiftieth of that
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MMT, tax, pensions, ISA funding and the Green New Deal
I noted some discussion on my Facebook page yesterday (to which I link my blog posts but otherwise pretty much ignore) on why I was
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Labour and the Green New Deal
As the Guardian has reported: Labour is poised to commit itself to one of the most radical net zero emissions targets in Europe after members voted
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