I was asked this question recently by an academic (wh is not an economist): Where is the best place to get an answer to this
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UK GDP growth will just increase the Bank of England’s desire to send the country into an economic death spiral
This morning’s GDP data from the Office for National Statistics suggests the UK is still heading for deeply troubled times, courtesy of the Bank of
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The Eton mess
HMRC dissembled (at best) when proposing Making Tax Digital, as I exposed in 2017. Now it is time to end this fiasco.
As the FT noted yesterday: HM Revenue & Customs omitted key figures from its business case about how much its Making Tax Digital programme will
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How to fund Labour’s £28 billion spending plan, and more
My Green New Deal Group and Finance for the Future colleague, Colin Hines, has this letter in the Guardian this morning: Your editorial (9 June)
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Over-powerful party leaders have undermined politics
The weekend was not only full of surprises from the Conservatives. The arrest of Nicola Sturgeon added further twists. I am not commenting on issues
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Why the Lords has to go
There are many reasons why the House of Lords should be removed. Boris Johnson ably (for once), albeit inadvertently, aided the case with his resignation
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Democracy requires that those calling the Priviliges Committee a kangaroo court be brought to account
That was some weekend. I doubt the turmoil has ended yet. But there as fallouts, and those are what I am interested in. One such
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Labour should not delay tackling the climate crisis
In the midst of the confusion created by Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries and others, it was easy to overlook the contribution to the climate crisis
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