The reality of fiscal headroom is that the UK has large amounts of it available - but only if the governmment is willing to spend more
Friday, February 16th, 2024I had discussions with other economists yesterday, in which issues like fiscal headroom were on the table for debate. I wrote about this issue very
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What possible reason could there be for nursing applications to have fallen?
Thursday, February 15th, 2024As the FT has reported this morning: The number of applications to nursing courses at UK universities has fallen sharply, prompting the Royal College of
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Tax and money flows within the economy
Monday, February 12th, 2024This post is the third of the three that relate to the economic ideas underpinning the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. The first was on tax
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Why won't Wes Streeting talk about the dangers from sugar?
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024I posted this not long ago on Twitter: Why are Labour refusing to talk about the real cause of the health crisis that we have
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Patronising Unionists are a gift to Irish unity
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024I hope the new First Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, likes being patronised because she was in abundance yesterday. First, there was Rishi Sunak,
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Business as usual is not just failing government in the UK; it is also failing business itself
Monday, February 5th, 2024There is a tendency to say that everything that is going wrong in our society is down to government underfunding, and then to blame neoliberal
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Why repaying the national debt is not a good idea
Friday, February 2nd, 2024Earlier this week, I published a proposed glossary entry on the true nature of our so-called national debt. This won a lot of praise, but
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To claim we cannot afford more health and social care is an outright lie put forward by both the Tory and Labour leaderships, who are only interested in serving the wealthy
Thursday, February 1st, 2024The Guardian reports this morning that: Ministers must urgently inject £4bn into English town hall budgets to head off an “out of control” financial crisis
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The insanity of the modern Tory party
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024I watched news reports on the insanity that has gripped the Tories last night. Two vice chairs have resigned as has the odd junior government
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