https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Geq8dM13k Including my big screen debut. And I am missing the premiere.

From Sophie Heawood in the Guardian this morning: For God’s sake, the poorest sector of society are now living off food banks and Cameron is
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This comment comes from Peter McColl, Common Weal Director of Policy. Common Weal is, of course, based in Scotland. I met Peter recently: This might
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Before anyone gets too excited about today’s employment news note this from the Resolution Foundation:   Real wages are growing because inflation has fallen. But
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Last evening’s Leader’s Debate was interesting. As with all my engagement with politics I watched it becauseI live in hope of a better situation for
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The Telegraph has reported that: Ed Miliband’s most senior adviser pays no tax on his reported £300,000 earnings in Britain, The Telegraph has learned. David
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There has been some recent discussion of the Laffer curve on the blog as a result of reaction to a blog by Jolyon Maugham. As
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I gave a talk to Ipswich Quakers and friends last night and whilst doing so said that there was no chance the UK deficit would
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This is a guest post by David Cobham, who is professor of economics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. He co-edited the ‘Economic record of the 1997-2010 Labour
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