Labour claims taxpayers would face a massive bill for nationalising the water industry. But that’s not true. If a fair price is paid for the
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During a day when I spent rather more time in bed and even asleep, feeling ill,  than I did paying much attention to anything to
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I am pleased to report that I was told yesterday that I will be appointed as Emeritus Professor of Accounting at Sheffield University Management School
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When crashes happen, vast quantities of money are reported as being lost. But are they really? Or is it that they actually just cease to
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I realised, too late, that yesterday was  Human Rights Day, when the anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Having said that bankers should not advise the NHS this morning, I did a quick consultation with a retired NHS employee who was previously a
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Rachel Reeves must think the only job a government has is to balance its books. There can be no other explanation for the insanity of
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As the FT has noted: The UK statistics agency defines properties costing more than five years of income as “unaffordable”. The affordability ratio in England
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Pat McFadden, in his role as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and chief Starmer fixer, said on Radio 4 yesterday that he wanted the
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