I am a member of the council of the Progressive Economy Forum. The Forum, working with Birkbeck, University of London, is promoting an MSc which
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It’s a strange morning for politics. It’s time to reflect on the ultra-right of British politics in the form of the Brexit Party has announced
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Prof Charles Adams of Durham University posted this on Progressive Pulse on Saturday. It is well worth sharing here. I have already tackled one of
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The Guardian, in an ineffectual review of Tory claims about Labour spending plans, shows its ignorance of UK government accounts by claiming: A danger for
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I have this letter in the Guardian this morning: Labour’s clear commitment to a £250bn “green transformation fund” correctly puts climate centre stage in this
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Reaction to the letter Caroline Lucas, Andrew Simms, Colin Hines (whose name was omitted in error) and I had in the FT yesterday was intriguing,
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The Tax Justice Network has an infographic on its blog about its work and a new funding scheme it is launching. I wish it well.
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I, with Caroline Lucas MP and Andrew Simms had this letter in the FT this morning. For some reason Colin Hines did not have his
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A commentator on the blog, Robert Fox, offered the following tale in response to my post on carbon taxation. I thought it well worth sharing.
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