Some people seem to think that modern monetary theory (MMT) is a set of policy options a country might adopt. It isn’t. It’s a description
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I have been asked to comment on the proposed reform of capital gains tax put forward by Dan Neidle, the lawyer who was formerly the
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As if to reinforce the message in my video this morning, the FT has reported that: UK graduates face the stiffest competition for jobs on
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If reports are true, the budget decisions have been concluded, and Rachel Reeves has sent her workings to the Office for Budget Responsibility for them
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Thirty-eight per cent of young people who could work are not doing so. They’re not lazy or indifferent. Nor have they dropped out. They just
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My friend and fellow Green New Deal Group member, Clive Lewis MP, will be tabling a bill for the reform of the water industry in
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There was economic insanity on display from Labour at its investment summit this week as it set out its begging bowl to international finance because
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The Office for National Statistics has published new inflation data. As they note: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 1.7% in the 12 months
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Larry Elliott, writing in the Guardian this week, said: Keynes said that finance should be the servant not the master, providing a steady and reliable
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