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My views on economic policy and the financial sector. I've campaigned with Christians on the Left on bank reform to separate risky banking from the banks which handle retail deposits. |
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| The government is paralysed, and without a clear sense of direction the markets will remain shaky. Progress, 16 November 2018 |
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| My response for the Fabian Society on the Budget, and those forecast downgrades from the OBR. Fabian Society, 24 November 2017 |
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| A stronger opposition would be well-placed to pressure the government on its faltering economic record. |
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| Those hardest hit by globalisation have been betrayed not by free trade, but by governments unwilling to protect them from exploitation. Progress, 7 February 2017 |
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| Recent data showing strong performance from the UK economy do not change the long term risks of Brexit. Progress, 1 November 2016 |
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| The vote to leave caused an economic shock but the economy and markets have not reacted exactly as predicted. Fabian Society, 31 July 2016 |
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| An emergency budget statement will be necessary if the UK votes to leave the European Union. |
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| Neither a return to pre-crash business as usual nor a politics of anti-austerity will restore Labour’s economic credibility. I outline a new economic framework to meet the challenges of our time.
Fabian Society, January 2016 |
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| My initial reaction to the government's Autumn Statement on government finances and spending. Progress, 25 November 2015 |
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| The first Conservative budget since 1996 illustrated one lesson for Labour: how important it is to establish and maintain economic credibility. |
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| The lessons of The Credibility Deficit, published in 2011, still apply. Here's how. Fabian Society, 5 June 2015 |
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| As the contenders for the Labour leadership begin to set out their stalls, what are the economic questions they should be answering? Policy Network, 22 May 2015 |
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| The Conservatives seem to be undermining what economic credibility they had. |
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| The economic issues facing whichever party wins the General Election. Anticipations, April 2015 |
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Period |
Economic
Measure |
Annual
Change |
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CPI |
Aug 19 |
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+1.7% |
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RPI |
Aug 19 |
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+2.6% |
Unemployment
% adult workforce |
Aug 19 |
3.9% |
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UK GDP
% change |
Q2 19 |
-0.2% |
+1.2% |
Public Debt
% of GDP |
Aug 19 |
80.9% |
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Public Borrowing
year to date |
Aug 19 |
£31.2bn |
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Info from the Office for National Statistics. |
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