Tax avoidance and the NHS - my report for Unite
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015My report for Unite the Union on tax avoidance in privatised suppliers to the NHS is now available here. As I say in the forward: If
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The NHS, privatisation and tax avoidance
Monday, March 23rd, 2015Because I was laid up with a really heavy cold over the weekend I did not blog an article featuring my work that was in
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How Green Infrastructure Quantitative Easing would work
Thursday, March 12th, 2015I have been asked to provide an explanation of how Green Infrastructure Quantitative Easing would work as a result of the speech I made this
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Financing the Scottish economy: my talk this morning
Thursday, March 12th, 2015I am in Crieff in Perthshire this morning to address the annual conference of COSLA – the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities. This is (give
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Ed Miliband's speech on tax avoidance and the reform of HMRC
Saturday, February 14th, 2015Labour has issued this press release. Because it addresses many issues on which I have campaigned I think it worth sharing in full. I comment
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It's Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that can deliver the New Deal we need
Monday, January 26th, 2015I have written rather a lot about the Green New Deal, and the standard response of commentators is “so what, you’re not going to get
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Has everything changed in the NHS?
Monday, January 12th, 2015I have spent several hours discussing the NHS this weekend with someone who has known it quite well for more than a quarter of a
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This is our task for 2015, whatever else you've got on
Sunday, January 4th, 2015Tomorrow is the day when work starts again for most people in the UK. Before it does let’s just think about what we need to
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The Tories impose hardship and chaos by choice
Tuesday, December 30th, 2014There are days when even the most cynical person must want to think that Conservative economic and social policy is all about cock up and
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