My Green New Deal colleague, Colin Hines, has yet another letter in the Guardian this morning stressing the importance of a Green New Deal and
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Macron indicated the society he wanted by cutting the wealth tax. He lost France by doing so.
The Guardian discusses protests in France this morning, 8nckuding this comment and quote: Isabelle, 41, a single mother, had never taken part in a protest
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Why does a falling FTSE matter?
Does a falling FTSE matter? This was yesterday’s chart: At one level the fact that the FTSE has been in steady decline and took a
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The UK is a relatively lightly taxed country – and it shows
The OECD has just published new data on trends in tax revenues in 2017. This is how the countries stand (click for a larger image and
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KPMG and the gravy train
As The Guardian reports this morning: KPMG, the auditing firm that gave Carillion a clean bill of health, has reported a leap in profits that
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Bernie Sanders on the Green New Deal
The freedom to report
This comes from a Guardian email this morning. I am unapologetic for sharing it in full: Journalism faces greater danger than at any point in
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Yesterday was useful but don’t underestimate the massive challenges the UK faces
I do not claim to be a student of parliamentary history. But I am aware of the norms of my lifetime. And by that standard
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Green quantitative easing could pay for climate change invetsment we need. Why aren’t we using it?
France has agreed to suspend its fuel tax increases. Protest has delivered change. But let’s not forget what this tax was supposed to do. It
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