The choice is simple. Do we run the economy in the interests of those who are in need, or for the benefit of those who already have a great deal but want more?
Sunday, November 26th, 2023This tweet quotes Kemi Badenoch MP, our trade secretary and a person even more desperate to lead the Tories than Suella Braverman. The video, made
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What we need is a plan - and there is none in sight
Friday, November 24th, 2023Having had two opportunities to sleep on the autumn statement, I admit to having worked this morning in a state of greater despair than I
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The Tories are planning some serious austerity, starting very soon
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023This is another Tweet, just posted: So, the Tories are back on the austerity agenda with planned spending cuts that no one thinks are deliverable,
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Radio 2, lunchtime today
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023I will be spending this lunchtime in the studios of Radio Two at Wogan House in London, WC1. This has been the case for almost
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Today’s autumn statement is based on a pile of totally false economic assumptions
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023What is really depressing about today, the Autumn Statement that Jeremy Hunt will deliver, and the response we will get from Rachel Reeves, is the
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If today is all about Tory tax bribes it really will be a total waste of time
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023This is the morning when I know that almost anything I right now will be the equivalent of chip paper by lunchtime. Any speculation on
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I beseech you to cut inheritance tax, Sir
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023Me, in East Anglia Bylines this morning: I love the image by Cold War Steve, used by East Anglia Bylines with his permission.
Budget thoughts
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023Having now done what I expect to be my last pre-Budget radio comment, I can concentrate on preparing for tomorrow’s immediate post-budget comment on Radio
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On Radio 5 this morning
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023I am on Radio 5 this morning, live sometime between 7.35 and 8, meaning that as I type I am sitting waiting for the phone
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