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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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| Spare a thought for finance ministers, and the opposition counterparts who aspire to replace them. The conventional wisdom was that they should at least make an attempt to follow fiscal rules. Now, there are no rules. The Article, 4 March 2021 |
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| My letter in the Financial Times on the need for a framework for economic policy decision-making. Financial Times, 23 February 2021 |
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| My contribution to Aftershock, Policy Network's series on the pandemic. Progressives have much to learn from ethical or 'ESG' investors. Policy Network, 1 October 2020 |
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| Responding to Brian Griffiths' article in The Article on the risks of inflation. The Article, 14 August 2020 |
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Comments made to This is Money |
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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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| Spare a thought for finance ministers, and the opposition counterparts who aspire to replace them. The conventional wisdom was that they should at least make an attempt to follow fiscal rules. Now, there are no rules. The Article, 4 March 2021 |
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| My contribution to Aftershock, Policy Network's series on the pandemic. Progressives have much to learn from ethical or 'ESG' investors. Policy Network, 1 October 2020 |
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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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Time
Period |
Economic
Measure |
Annual
Change |
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CPIH |
Jan 21 |
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+0.9% |
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RPI |
Jan 21 |
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+1.4% |
Unemployment
% adult workforce |
Dec 20 |
5.1% |
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UK GDP
% change |
Q4 20 |
+1.0% |
-9.9% |
Public Debt
% of GDP |
Jan 21 |
97.9% |
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Public Borrowing
year to date |
Jan 21 |
£270.6bn |
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Info from the Office for National Statistics. |
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