{"id":22075,"date":"2013-09-08T07:49:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T06:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=22075"},"modified":"2013-09-08T07:49:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-08T06:49:53","slug":"the-green-new-deal-5th-anniversary-report-a-national-plan-for-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2013\/09\/08\/the-green-new-deal-5th-anniversary-report-a-national-plan-for-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Green New Deal 5th Anniversary Report: A national plan for the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Green New Deal group - of which I'm a member - has published its fifth anniversary report this morning<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Our first report on how to tackle the recession we saw coming<\/a> was published in July 2008.<\/p>\n

The purpose of this report is to advance a much-needed debate about how to move\u00a0the UK out of the counterproductive politics of austerity and into the age of the Green\u00a0New Deal. This is a matter of utmost urgency. If it isn\u2019t introduced rapidly, we are likely\u00a0to enter another economic slump. A Green New Deal could be implemented now if\u00a0the political will existed. It calls initially for a \u00a350 billion a year investment programme\u00a0to boost economic activity, in a way which provides jobs on a living wage in every\u00a0community in the UK, while reducing our ecological impact.<\/p>\n

The new found 'growth' in the economy does not change our argument, at all.\u00a0Five years ago we wrote and published the Green New Deal<\/a>. In\u00a0our report,\u00a0begun in the summer of 2007 before the full extent of\u00a0<\/span>the financial crisis had become apparent, we called for a joined-up\u00a0package of measures. They were designed to power a renewable\u00a0energy revolution, create thousands of green-collar jobs and rein\u00a0in the distorting power of the finance sector, while making more\u00a0low-cost, patient capital available for pressing social and\u00a0economic priorities.<\/p>\n

We are quite sure that a credit bubble delivering a housing bubble and a rash of car buying will not solve the problems in our economy.\u00a0The Green New Deal programme calls initially for a\u00a0\u00a350 billion a year programme to boost economic activity in a way\u00a0which provides jobs on a living wage in every community in the UK,\u00a0while reducing our ecological impact. To begin with, this involves\u00a0putting in place a nationwide project to make every building in the\u00a0country energy efficient and building hundreds of thousands of new,\u00a0affordable, sustainably sited, energy-efficient homes. What we shows is that\u00a0such a programme is easily\u00a0<\/span>affordable through a range of measures including Green QE,\u00a0tackling the tax dodgers, increasing the tax take by stimulating\u00a0employment and providing a safe haven for pension fund\u00a0investments and that it is choice that these opportunities are not followed.<\/p>\n

Our proposals would provide a wide range of jobs in every corner of the UK,\u00a0contribute to solving the housing crisis, improve the UK infrastructure and\u00a0promote energy and resource-use efficiency. It is hard to imagine any voter in\u00a0the forthcoming election not wanting to support such a programme, since it\u00a0would reduce the need for welfare benefits whilst revitalising and transforming\u00a0local economies. We look forward to engaging with those from all political parties, and none, who share that vision, and with those who need persuading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Green New Deal group – of which I’m a member – has published its fifth anniversary report this morning: Our first report on how
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