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Is it even possible to get back to growth?
perhaps there is a form of growth which it is possible to sustain – ‘green growth’ – and if there is, we all need to know what it would look like. And if it’s impossible, we need to know that too.
CO2 levels are about to hit their highest level in human history
In the next few days, and for the first time in human history, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere will hit 400 parts per million (ppm), a level long seen as critical in measuring the damage done to the earth by man-made pollution.
Look Left: Universal Credit, the Bangladesh garment worker tragedy and another blow for the ‘greenest government ever’
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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(Graph) How what people own is more unequally distributed than what they earn
There has been lots of discussion recently about how much more the ’1 per cent’ earn than everyone else. There has been less attention paid to how much more they own.
Supreme Court rules UK government is breaching pollution laws
The UK will need to improve its plans for tackling air pollution after the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the government has breached laws that protect people from the harmful effects of air pollution.
Is the shine coming off the Boris bandwagon?
Boris could and should have taken action to stop many of the changes affecting Londoners. Instead many of the decisions he has taken on policing, on tube fares and on housing are beginning to be more vigorously scrutinised and slowly but surely the shine is starting to wear off the Boris bandwagon.
Scottish council tax freeze benefits rich at expense of the poor
Scotland’s council tax freeze is harming local public services and benefiting the wealthy the most, undermining the Scottish government’s assertion that the policy is a “vital lifeline to hard pressed Scots”.
Youth unemployment over 70,000 under the coalition
Since the coalition took office long term youth unemployment has risen to over 70,000, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
SNP currency plans threaten future stability of Scottish economy
Attempting to put in place an economic system without a fully-functioning central bank or convincing currency arrangements to underpin it, or without the knowledge of whether such a system would be compatible with admission to the EU or not, is like a ship setting sail for voyage without the security of its sheet anchor.