by Archive | Mar 16, 2016
The following from Professor John Weeks and Ann Pettifor of Prime Economics was published on 15 March 2016, a day ahead of the UK Budget speech by the Chancellor, in the Guardian newspaper: The following from Professor John Weeks and Ann Pettifor of Prime Economics...
by Archive | Mar 16, 2016
Today (16 March 2016) will be George Osborne’s seventh Spring budget. Today (16 March 2016) will be George Osborne’s seventh Spring budget. As with all his previous budgets, he is clinging to the mantra that we need to get the deficit down and austerity is the only...
by Archive | Mar 15, 2016
Yesterday I wrote an email to an editor about a book I have written for 5-8 year olds and which will be published later this year. Yesterday I wrote an email to an editor about a book I have written for 5-8 year olds and which will be published later this year. I had...
by Archive | Mar 15, 2016
In 2012, many of us sat aghast during the progress of the Welfare Reform Act through the Parliament. In 2012, many of us sat aghast during the progress of the Welfare Reform Act through the Parliament. It was a bad bill from the outset, presuming, as it...
by Archive | Mar 15, 2016
The Conservative Party has borrowed more than its Labour opponents when in power, The Conservative Party has borrowed more than its Labour opponents when in power, Tax Research UK has revealed. It appears to be an illusion (however widely held) that the party now in...