Investing in early action is fiscally responsible as well as socially just
A government that looked at least ten years ahead would surely operate differently, investing more now and saving more later.
Green Politics
Turn RBS into a network of community banks, based on the German model
To turn RBS into a network of community banks, looking at German Sparkassen for inspiration, would be a step closer to the kind of relational finance our communities desperately need.
Today’s inflation figures: most people still getting poorer
Yet again inflation has outpaced wages as figures realeased today by the Office for National Statistics show the Consumer Price Index at 2.7 per cent – unchanged from August.
The North East must close its digital connectivity gaps
Digital connectivity is an essential asset for businesses and a profound catalyst of social and economic change.
Alliance Boots ‘fleecing Britain’ as it avoids £1.1 billion in tax
Pharmacy chain Alliance Boots has been accused of “fleecing Britain” as a report out today reveals that the company has avoided over a billion pounds in tax in the past six years.
Boris should tell Barclays to get on their bike
Removing a cash lifeline from an impoverished people could lead to a humanitarian crisis which could strengthen terrorist organisations.
The Welsh budget has put Labour values back at the heart of government
This week the Welsh finance minister Jane Hutt published a draft budget for 2014-15 which she described as ‘the most difficult since devolution’.
SSE fails to highlight a staggering 20% increase in their operating costs and profits
Wholesale and network costs are mostly responsible for the tariff increase, not the cost of green policies, which account for only a sixth of the rise.
1 in 6 workers stuck in low pay for a year
One if six workers have been trapped in low paying work with their wages increasing by less than the national average for at least a year, according to new research.
Devalue the pound so we can compete again in the global economy
When this happens our economy will recover, just as it did after the all too temporary devaluations of 1931 and 1992.