The questions that the Labour manifesto poses are threefold. The first is whether their diagnosis of the current state of the economy is right. The
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Green QE is part of our future
This letter was in the FT this morning. I know Rod Dowler, who is a former KPMG partner: Your excellent editorial “How central banks can
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Labour will deliver a Green New Deal. The Tories won’t. That’s the real dividing line between the major parties in this election.
Am I going to like the Labour manifesto? Yes, I suspect so. And that’s because at its core – like the Green Party manifesto I
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Boris Johnson to write millions out of our state pension scheme and hit many of the most vulnerable in society
News has leaked that Boris Johnson is to write millions of people out of making national insurance contributions. This will be the result of increasing
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The Green Party manifesto: good on the Green New Deal, but taking risks with tax and universal basic income
I like what the Green Party has to say on the Green New Deal. So much that I am going to post it. But if
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Audit reform won’t succeed until accounting standards are fit for purpose
An FT editorial has asked this morning: If you can’t trust the auditors, who can you trust? I think all of us could come up
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Corbyn v Johnson and the paralysis created by Brexit
We got an answer from the Johnson v Corbyn debate to the question I asked yesterday as to what would happen if Brexit was taken
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There is a shortage of government bonds – and the way to solve it is for governments to borrow
If you believe most politicians the worst thing that a government can do is borrow. That is not true, of course. The reality is that
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Charging for GP services leads to sub-optimal prescribing that’s bad for health
I have little doubt that the Tories will eventually lead this country towards a charged-for NHS. Discussion of GP charging is already commonplace, not least
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