I did this podcast yesterday, even if the thumbnail picture might be a decade old: The podcast has been viewed 64,000 times so far. That
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Now is the time for Burnham to plan for Thames Water’s demise
The Guardian has noted this morning that: Andy Burnham has told officials to rip up their plans for how to fix Thames Water and present
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We can build a new society out of the wreckage of neoliberalism
As the FT noted in an editorial last night, when discussing the riots in France at the weekend: One reason the [French] government has struggled
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Why aren’t the rich paying more tax?
We published this short video on YouTube last night, beginning a series of short videos that will take us up to the Budget. The animation
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Why are we so poor?
Britain is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with more than £12 trillion in financial wealth. So why are wages stagnating, public services
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Neoliberalism is not moderate. It is an extreme political ideology.
This piece arose from a conversation over breakfast in the Murphy household this morning. One of neoliberalism’s greatest political achievements has been persuading people that
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It’s time for a politics of care
The list of places where riots took place in France over the weekend feels like the list of places a couture house might boast of
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What is Austerity?
Austerity was never necessary. It was a political choice, and Britain is still paying the price. In 2010, George Osborne told Britain that the government
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A better song to sing
I took the time to reflect yesterday. A week of intense work required that I take a break, but my brain rarely turns off, and
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