NPower's defence for tax avoidance is ridiculous: why can't they just tell us what they're doing?
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013I am not amused by Npower’s defence for tax avoiding, which I have accused them of this morning. They say in The Sun: Despite the
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Now the Coalition say it's time to go for the NHS
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013It’s now certain the Tories have got it in for the NHS. As the FT reports today: Cabinet ministers will on Tuesday mount a collective
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Well that one worked....a surprise blogging hit
Monday, April 29th, 2013Sometimes I blog something with real hope it will be read. And usually it isn’t. Other times I dash a blog off and discover it’s a hit.
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Last night the Lords voted to privatise the NHS. And this is why
Thursday, April 25th, 2013Last night the Lords approved the regulations that will effectively privatise the NHS, and this diagram from the latest New Economics Foundation / Tax Justice Network mythbuster shows why:
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Who should be running HMRC if it isn't to be the Big 4 and 'senior business people'?
Monday, April 22nd, 2013Discussion of the appointment of nPower’s Volker Beckers as a non-executive director brings back into sharp focus the very odd pattern of appointments to the HMRC board of directors.
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Normal service will be resumed, but right now I am appreciating the amazing service the NHS provides
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013Blogging will be somewhat limited today, and maybe tomorrow. My job today is to provide support to a relative in hospital, and that is taking
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The People’s Assembly Against Austerity
Thursday, March 28th, 2013Many people commenting on this site want a real alternative to neoliberalism. They’d like Labour to provide it, but so far it is not doing so. That, I am
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The #4 tweeter in reform of the NHS
Friday, March 15th, 2013I was mentioned in a tweet this morning. Now that’s not news, but this one caught my attention. It said: The link is here – but it’s
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That Tory revolution and the rise of neofeudalism
Thursday, March 14th, 2013I wrote two blogs yesterday on what I called the Tory revolution – the plan to sell off as much of the government as possible
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