What I want in 2015: an end to the austerity narrative
Monday, December 29th, 2014Christmas is over. And I might still do a review of 2014, but since I am always much more forward than backward looking I am
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Your new doctor is advised by a tax consultant, recently from Luxembourg
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014Pulse is a GP focussed newspaper. In this week’s edition it notes that English hospital trusts are seeking to set up GP practices. But what
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Osborne is planning to destroy society as we know it. What are we going to do about it?
Thursday, December 4th, 2014I have had time overnight to read what was impossible for me to do yesterday due to broadcast and interview commitments and sheer fatigue, which
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What's left to say in the Autumn Statement?
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014Once upon a time leaking a budget statement (and the Autumn Statement meets that definition) was considered a serious issue and a politician guilty of
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Osborne's new money for the NHS only corrects his earlier budgeting mistake
Monday, December 1st, 2014There will, no doubt, be much trumpeting about a promise of new money – of uncertain amount – for the NHS over the next few
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HMRC's sinking performance
Thursday, November 20th, 2014HMRC has sacked thousands of its staff in the last year. All of them did invaluable work collecting the tax that might prevent austerity, preserve
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The wrong people have the money and we need to put that right
Monday, November 17th, 2014David Cameron has said all the signs of another global crash exist. I think he is right: they do. But from then on he and
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The problem of the free movement of people is a neoliberal creation
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014My friend, colleague and co-author Colin Hines has been working on ideas on what he calls progressive protectionism for several years. In typical style he
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Why don't politicians hear that what people are saying it 'it's unfair' and do something about it?
Monday, October 27th, 2014Politics is in a mess. The Tories are relying on immigration hysteria to rally support, and are tearing themselves apart in the process. Labour is
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