From Promoting Economic Pluralism
Guy Dauncey reviews Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions, by Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning, Bank of England. Two economists from the Bank of England …
The Bank of England’s deceptive guide to economics Read More
A commission led by former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for a future Labour government to replace the controversial House of Lords with an elected upper chamber, in a …
Labour’s plan to ‘abolish’ the House of Lords: what exactly has been proposed – and the chances Keir Starmer will adopt it Read More
The UK’s largest landlord body has sent letters to more than 20 university unions representing thousands of students in its drive to get students cut out of new renters’ rights. …
Landlords’ efforts to turn students against new renters’ rights Read More
A lobbying group led by Conservative MPs and peers has released a report recommending the further privatisation of the NHS while being funded by private health companies, Byline Times can reveal. …
MPs Advocate for NHS Privatisation While Being Funded by Private Health Firms Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron and Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin believe there is “a crucial window of opportunity to resolve” post-Brexit trade disputes with London over Northern Ireland, according to …
France and Ireland see ‘window’ to resolve post-Brexit dispute with UK Read More
A fund set up using British overseas aid cash still holds at least 20 investments in fossil fuel companies, two years after it pledged to stop backing dirty energy. Records …
UK overseas aid still invested in fossil fuels – two years after climate pledge Read More
The UK’s most secretive think tanks have raised more than £14m from mystery donors in the past two years, new analysis by openDemocracy has found. Among them are some of …
UK’s most secretive think tanks took £14.3m from mystery donors Read More
Amid soaring inflation, more families are having to turn to the kindness of strangers to shoulder the cost of dying. When Cerys Defis lost her mom, Tresi Davies, to bowel …
Too poor to die: the rise of crowdfunded funerals Read More
The European Commission now expects the EU and euro area to contract in the last quarter of this year and first quarter of 2023, amounting to a technical recession, before …
EU faces winter recession as war pummels the economy Read More
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) – The price cap on Russian oil exports to be imposed by G7 countries and Australia next month will apply only to seaborne cargoes through the …
G7 Russian oil price cap applies only to seaborne crude Read More