People say Rachel Reeves has a £40 billion black hole in her October budget. But that number is wrong — or at least, it’s wildly
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Storms and teacups
The FT has breathlessly reported this morning: A wave of directors has left Britain since Sir Keir Starmer’s government abolished favourable tax treatment for non-domiciled
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Gary Stevenson: an update
I know many people have expressed their desire to see Gary Stevenson and me in conversation. Gary’s team have told me that they have had
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Pie theory
Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, is on the morning media round. She is treating the world to a dose of pie theory. She has actually
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Alternatives to GDP
I think some readers here may find this interesting: As they say of their materials: Ready-to-use and free guide for you to run this workshop
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Wealth series 10: Do we need the wealthy?
Are the wealthy essential to our economy – or are they holding it back? In this 10th video of the series, I examine whether we
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Is a word limit on comments required?
Yesterday’s blogs created a phenomenal number of comments. I was officially on a day off (I saw spoonbill, kingfisher, willow warbler, garden warbler, stonechat and
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Ethnic cleansing
As The Spectator notes in an email this morning: Israel looks likely to expand its war in Gaza. Journalists in Israel were briefed yesterday that the cabinet will
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YouTube v the blog: differing perspectives
I did not expect yesterday’s video to get the level of reaction it did. By last night (when I began preparing this post), the polls
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