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In the news, the Prime Minister tells millions of WASPI women affected by the changes to the state pension age that he couldn’t promise to magic up the money for …
The time has come to talk of many things; of taxing and spending and an economic system that needs mending. Read MoreCharles Dickens began his novel ‘Hard Times’ thus: “NOW, what I want is, Facts. […]. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else and root out everything else. You …
It’s not balanced budgets that will save us. It’s the power of the public purse and our human values. Read MoreEach week, GIMMS aims to keep its readers abreast of the latest stories in the news and they form the basis of our weekly MMT Lens. Each week we search …
Change is coming. Keep calm and keep on PUSHing Read MoreAs the new Prime Minister processes around the country like the emperor with no clothes, families are struggling, children are going hungry, people are sleeping on the streets and those …
Green shoots and new horizons – there is an alternative. Read MoreWhile the Conservatives endlessly laud their economic achievements from the parallel universe they inhabit, their fantasies are countered by the growing evidence that all is not well. The stories of …
Hands up anyone who wants to save the planet and live in a fairer, more equitable world! Read MoreWhat a week we’ve had. Or is that a decade? After almost 10 years of cuts to public spending and their destructive consequences, the nation is weary. We are mired …
Breaking free of neoliberal thinking to deliver progressive change Read MoreAnd in the news…… The IMF warns this week that the world has run out of ‘fiscal fire power’ to fight the next recession because the balance sheets of central …
The markets are not in charge, sovereign currency-issuing governments are Read MoreFuad Alakbarov (Azerbaijani-Scottish human rights activist, political commentator and humanitarian.) In the week before Christmas, the Secretary of State for housing claimed that the sky rocketing levels of homelessness …
“Austerity is theft, the greatest transfer of wealth from poor to the rich since the enclosures.” Read MoreSocial care is in a state of collapse. Despite an additional £2bn of government funding, cash strapped local authorities have been unable to afford the fees charged by private care …
Social Care and how we can pay for it Read MoreThe Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, delivered his Autumn Budget on Monday. Hammond took an upbeat tone, congratulating the public for its hard work and sacrifice which were now …
Put the Planet and the People First and the Fiscal Deficit Will Look After Itself Read More