Those on strike not only deserve the pay they're demanding, we need them to get it if the economy is to survive
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: We face the biggest group of strikes in recent history today. That is not surprising. A belligerent
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Is the BBC's reporting on economics impartial?
Tuesday, January 31st, 2023The BBC commissioned a report from Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot that was submitted to the BBC in November and has now been published. It
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If we're to save the planet we have to tax the rich
Tuesday, January 31st, 2023From the FT this morning: The message is simple: if we are to save the planet we have to tax the rich because they massively
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Where was the tax justice movement?
Tuesday, January 31st, 2023There is a strange dimension to the Zahawi story that needs to be noted. Despite the vast amount of comment made in the media on
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Is it time to make tax avoidance illegal?
Monday, January 30th, 2023I wrote this tweet yesterday: We can apparently legislate to make the intention to protest peacefully a crime but we can’t apparently legislate to make
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What we need now is a change to England’s libel laws
Monday, January 30th, 2023Yesterday’s sacking of Nadhim Zahawi by Rishi Sunak following an investigation by the prime minister‘s ethics adviser tells us more than any of those three
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Pension justice
Friday, January 27th, 2023There is speculation in the media that the state pension age might increase to 68 sometime during the 2030s. I cannot be alone in thinking this
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Are the Tories ever fit for office?
Thursday, January 26th, 2023This image was of the Guardian website this morning: The message is clear, as is the juxtaposition: this is a government incapacitated by allegations of
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Getting our economics right really matters
Wednesday, January 25th, 2023I posted this thread to Twitter this morning: The NHS is under funded. As I demonstrated in a report published at the weekend, it’s not
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