This article first appeared in the York Press. SENIOR politicians from across the parties are set to head for York next summer when the 2023…
This article first appeared in the York Press. SENIOR politicians from across the parties are set to head for York next summer when the 2023…
Senior politicians – such as Lisa Nandy, Alok Sharma, Sir Ed Davey, Anneliese Dodds and Tobias Ellwood – could all be on their way to…
The climate action NGO WRAP has today published the annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors. The publication comes with a stark…
This is a record of some of the ideas that emerged from what was a wonderful, sweltering weekend of debate and discussion in Bristol’s Queen…
HELP SHAPE POLICIES TO DRIVE TOWARDS A FLOURISHING SOCIETY, ECONOMY AND POLITICS This is not a traditional political conference – Come ready to contribute to…
In 2001, a little before 9/11, I wrote the first of a new pamphlet series by the New Economics Foundation. It was called Why London…
OPEN MANIFESTO POLICY DRAFT How can we deliver the higher levels of investment and productivity of labour and capital necessary to address Britain’s inadequate infrastructure,…
OPEN MANIFESTO POLICY DRAFT The lack of affordable housing in the UK seems a perennial problem and yet with imagination it is perfectly solvable. How…
OPEN MANIFESTO POLICY DRAFT With global trends in aid funding becoming increasingly unreliable and media-driven, how do we guarantee Ukraine receives sufficient financial support in…
OPEN MANIFESTO POLICY DRAFT With a huge black hole in its public finances, the UK is lucky to be blessed with around £8 trillion in…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently waging a war on two fronts. First, there is the military front, against a Ukrainian army whose valour he…
I get the email bulletins from the McKinsey consultancy – though I regard them as being behind much of what has gone wrong in the…