This has just been published by the FT: Income inequality increased in the UK in 2018 as benefits cuts hit the income of the country’s
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The Washington Post is leading the right wing backlash to the Green New Deal, and have got almost everything wrong
The right-wing backlash against the Green New Deal has begun, most especially in the USA. The Washington Post ran a lengthy editorial yesterday making clear
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Labour talks a second referendum when the debate has moved on to extensions
A month to go to Brexit and Corbyn finally, and reluctantly, endorses the idea of a second referendum on the issue, as he promised he
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The left has all the answers
Wolfgang Munchau has a fascinating article in the FT today. In it he suggests: Liberal pro-Europeans are certainly not going down without a fight. But the
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The Tax Justice Network February 2019 podcast
In Edition 86 of the February 2019 Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast/radio show, the Taxcast (available on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and other podcast platforms): why hasn’t the
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May is trashing the country I live in. I have a right to be angry about that.
I try not to do anger. I do not always succeed. I admit that. But I try. I find it helps. Except for yesterday. Then
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The TIG: a committee that will forever be in search of a purpose
Everybody is talking about the TIG. The so-called Independent Group emerged this week. And I have already summarised my view of its economics, which I
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When England cannot provide there is no case for a Union
Misha Glenny has an interesting article in the Observer this morning. He considers afresh his view of the Union, and to cut his narrative short,
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We’re in for a bumpy ride
I was asked by an informed commentator what my predictions for the UK economy might be yesterday. The predictions were requested to cover the political
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