As the FT has noted this morning: A top Federal Reserve official has warned the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant and low vaccination rates
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Award wining modern monetary theory
I am pleased to note that Prof Andrew Baker of Sheffield University and I were today awarded the Cambridge University Press Award for Excellence in
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The RNLI should not be accepting government assurance s on asylum seekers: it should be standing up for the rights of all who save life at sea
The blog post I wrote yesterday on the risk to the RNLI from the new Bill on asylum got a lot of attention on Twitter
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The government’s policy of mass infection is not a viable or acceptable policy
I noted this tweet from Prof Christina Pagel this morning: We just published a letter in the Lancet signed by over 100 scientists explaining why
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NGOs want audit reform
A group of NGOs and academics has ve signed a joint declaration. for audit reform. I have done so for the Corporate Accountability Network, which
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Southgate’s England team are deep woke, and that’s why they are so popular
Like many, I have been fairly avidly watching England’s progress in the Euro2020 championship. Since being a teenage supporter of Ipswich Town when they were
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Why do we have an NHS crisis coming our way? Because the government has under-resourced it. That’s why
The Office for Budget Responsibility made a presentation on the financial risks facing the UK yesterday: The OBR considered health care issues as a cause
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Greensill was offered ‘streamlined’ accreditation as a government approved lender
The National Audit Office has published its review into the British Business Bank’s accreditation of Greensill Capital this morning. As it says: Our review shows
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