I share this adapted post from the blog of the New Weather Institute, with permission: “Stories are one of the most ancient and most effective
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Is the Green New Deal the only plan in town for the post-Brexit economy?
I persist in believing that if there is to be economic recovery in the UK post Brexit then something like the Green New Deal will
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The Bank of England are wildly optimistic on the economy but there is a fallback plan
I wish I could be amused by the Bank of England’s optimism for the UK economy. They believe growth will be higher than predicted this
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The rise of renewables makes the continuing case for a Green New Deal
As the FT reports in an email this morning: Renewables have overtaken coal as the world’s largest source of power capacity and the sector is
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Mark Carney calls for a Green New Deal
Mark Carney did, in effect, call for a Green New Deal yesterday, suggesting that was the direction in which new investment that the economy needs
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Sweden is to give tax incentives for repairs: so should the UK
I was delighted to read in the Guardian last night that: The Swedish government is introducing tax breaks on repairs to everything from bicycles to
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Europe desperately needs a Green New Deal
The FT reports this morning that: The European Central Bank has passed the €1tn mark for its controversial purchases of government bonds, putting pressure on
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There is only one chance of a Green New Deal right now, and Jeremy Corbyn has never been near the idea
This comment from David Wearing has just been published by the Guardian: For a sense of the division now tearing through the Labour party, consider
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It’s time for a Green New Deal
Larry Elliott wrote this in the Guardian yesterday: Hammond has apparently given some licence by the prime minister to be radical with fiscal policy and
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