There is a pot of £37 billion within the government's accounts that is available to meet the cost of paying old age pension increases in accordance with the triple lock. So why is the government refusing to honour its commitment to older people?
Tuesday, October 26th, 2021It seems to be little known that there is a thing called the National Insurance Fund within UK government accounts. This is what the accounts
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It's time for a stimulus - not cuts
Monday, October 25th, 2021I was one of about 90 signatories to this letter issued last week. As with all these things, I don’t agree with every word, but
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This week Sunak will give his fantasy budget. He’ll be back at the Dispatch Box very soon to give the real one that recognises the Covid crisis we’re in, again
Monday, October 25th, 2021I will be doing the Budget commentary on Radio 2 on Wednesday this week, beginning at about 13.30 on wherever you usually listen to Jeremy
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The era of Enlightenment is most definitely under threat. Maybe it is drawing to a close. A very Dark Age is starting.
Thursday, October 21st, 2021Two stories in the Guardian grabbed my attention this morning. One is a report on Sajid Javid’s car crash interview on Covid yesterday. Twitter was
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This government is creating harm and stoking fear. Why are we tolerating that? For how long will we do so?
Thursday, October 21st, 2021The government is refusing to act on Covid. By doing so it is exacerbating a crisis that is increasing rapidly. This tweet from the editor
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Doctors are fighting back against populism - and so should others
Thursday, October 21st, 2021It seems to me that this statement from the British Medical Association, issued yesterday, is worth sharing in full: The political significance of this can’t
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We have a Covid crisis that is unlike that in any other country in Europe. It was made in Downing Street.
Monday, October 18th, 2021The UK has the worst Covid case rates in Europe now. This data from the FT has been widely shared on Twitter and so I
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Sajid Javid is deliberately blaming those working in the NHS for failings that cannot be of their creation, but are of his making
Saturday, October 16th, 2021I wrote this on Twitter last night: It is the most basic of all freedoms that we have the right to decide. Descartes argued that
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Sajid Javid’s populism is seeking to turn people against the NHS so that he can destroy it
Thursday, October 14th, 2021The foundations of populist politics are easy to explain. First you say that the people are oppressed by an elite. Then you say that the
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