Does new economics need wellbeing?
A few weeks back I was invited onto NEF’s Weekly Economics Podcast to talk about mental health. We discussed why we continue to focus policy on economic growth instead of …
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Why Capitalists Need Communists. The Politics of Flourishing
From publisher Palgrave’s website: Britain faces huge challenges: inequality, public services under constant pressure, climate change – and in the long term, the impacts of automation and artificial intelligence. At …
Read More Britain needs a Green New Deal to revive its economy after Brexit
Britain needs a new economy that works for everyone and to move beyond the old, broken systems and status quo that left many people behind. A green new deal for …
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Homeless NHS patients released to streets is ‘the system failing people’
Thousands of homeless patients are being discharged right back onto the street, sparking fears that they are left to recover from major operations while rough sleeping. The data, obtained by …
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Spring Statement: Chancellor fiddles while planet burns
Reacting to measures outlined in today’s Spring Statement to help combat climate change, Friends of the Earth’s head of political affairs, Dave Timms said: “Instead of putting climate change at the …
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“Grown in London, Portsmouth, Bristol, Doncaster….” How food plans for cities could reconnect us
If we need to reconnect to nature, in order to value it once more, then why not begin in the most de-natured places in our lives – our major cities? …
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To beat a No-Deal Brexit the government and Bank of England must work together
This week marks 10 years since the Bank of England introduced its quantitative easing (QE) programme, setting in motion the creation of hundreds of billions of pounds of new public …
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St Mungo’s builds strategy for homeless women on International Women’s Day
Homelessness charity St Mungo’s is creating more women-only shelter spaces and improving its services for female domestic abuse victims. On International Women’s Day, the charity is launching its three-year women’s …
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Tackling gender inequality through investment in social infrastructure
The UK government’s response to the financial crisis brought disastrous economic consequences and unnecessary hardship. Austerity policies have hit women, BAME people and the poorest the hardest, while failing the …
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Launch of our report- Triple Whammy: the impact of local government cuts on women
Cuts to funding for local government have created a crisis, which has hit women the hardest. Central government funding for local government fell by nearly 50% between 2010/11 and 2017/18 …
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