The FT has an article in it this morning from Natasha Landell-Mills, who is head of stewardship at Sarasin & Partners. In it she argues that:
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The BBC licence fee is a tax. It’s a bad tax. But taxes have to be upheld or you’re on a slippery slope
The debate on the BBC and the licence fee was fuelled by Nicky Morgan yesterday. Morgan said the licence fee will last until 2027. Thereafter
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You can’t be carbon neutral by ignoring the emissions from the products you sell
As a result of the work I have been doing on sustainable cost accounting I have become pretty familiar with this thing:The greenhouse gas protocol
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Javid’s budget rule fits Einstein’s definition of insanity
As the FT has noted: Britain’s public finances face a black hole in three years if the economy follows the path forecast by the Bank
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The Mail never saw that coming
This is from the editorial column of the Mail today: Of course there’s a load of nonsense in there: this is the Mail. And equally
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Getting the NHS ready for a bout of private capital
The FT has reported that: Hospitals in England are becoming increasingly dependent on short-term handouts to maintain day-to-day services, putting a question mark over the
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The rise in self employment may be linked to falling productivity
It is not very hard to find commentary on the UK’s failing productivity: they are commonplace because, as a matter of fact, our national productivity
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I can’t help noticing numbers. Deep down, and sometimes well hidden, I remain a chartered accountant. And as yesterday unfolded I noticed the volume of
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Is Whitehall right to be afraid of Scotland?
Dominic Raab’s comments on Scotland on the Andrew Marr programme yesterday gave a real insight into his thinking. As Politics Home reported about c0mments Raab
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