We call on the Government to stop this mistake in its tracks — pursuing cuts to GB Energy is ill-advised, economically & politically. Campaign groups must make their voices heard. The potential for clean publicly-owned energy is within our grasp — we mustn't let it slip away.

The OBR was created in 2010, and it’s no coincidence that the UK has been stuck in an economic doom loop since then Governments repeatedly design budgets to game the OBR’s highly uncertain projections of highly problematic fiscal rules. This is part of the doom loop

Imagine the OBR existed in 1948 when the plan was to create the NHS They would calculate the NHS’s precise cost, but ignore its long-term societal benefits. They would forecast that there isn’t enough “headroom” against some daft fiscal rule It would be thrown out straight away

simon wren-lewis In world of stringent fiscal rules, the OBR’s forecasts - and its assessment of policy impacts - are now hugely consequential These are not purely technocratic functions - they are inherently political. Yet policy is based on its precise estimates of highly uncertain variables

Worth repeating: the richest 1% pay a far higher share of the total tax take than in 1980 ***BECAUSE THEIR SHARE OF THE NATIONAL INCOME HAS INCREASED INORDINATELY*** Stop putting the cart before the horse. High earners aren't overpaying because we've constructed a

The Northumberland Line was closed to passenger traffic in 1964, but reopened by Northumberland Council in 2024 in the face of much naysaying and defeatism. So far ridership has been *five times* higher than even the Council anticipated, an off-the-charts success. Does this

"Professional failure" is when you show up to work late, not when you murder 15 doctors and then bury them, along with the ambulances, to hide the evidence.

Rest in Power, Comrade Pope.

The message from numerous studies on the impact of public investment is clear: public investment boosts growth. The OBR assumes a permanent increase in public investment worth 1 per cent of national income will eventually boost output by 2.4 per cent.

Tomorrow, David Adler will join Michael Hudson for our Youtube-Live event about Debt and the work of David Graeber. It is at 5pm London time. Here is the link to the stream: youtu.be/JU_uPaxsGbE

As Thames Water executives enrich themselves, the water companies they run have failed to build a single new reservoir since 1992. The planning system is often blamed for this sorry state. But there is another 'p' word that explains the failure to build: privatisation. Why?🧵

There is a genocide in Gaza that our government is funding. The time to speak up was in 2023. And in 2024. And now in 2025. It is not a war. It’s ethnic cleansing and genocide and two administrations have handed Israel’s government everything it wants to carry it out.

“Reinstating winter fuel payments means nothing if the govt doesn’t keep its promise to fix cold, leaky homes. It’s like pouring water into a sieve,” says E3G’s James Dyson, urging Labour to deliver its £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan pledge. More in The Guardian: theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

My thoughts on rail nationalisation in the The Guardian today. If it succeeds, we could have genuinely affordable, reliable rail transport that serves communities rather than shareholders. If it fails, we risk undermining public ownership for years to come. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

How long are we going to tolerate this for? When will the world throw Netanyahu and his criminal gang in the dark cell in which they belong?

New piece from me on why Britain's current energy system is nothing like the Central Electricity Generating Board of the post war period. It is something new. A Central Return Generating Board. energynetworks.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-…

‘What disturbs you the most about the Glastonbury chants?’ ‘They get more attention than the genocide of Gazans.’ Journalist rachel shabi, who is Jewish, weighs in on the fallout of Bob Vylan’s controversial performance.

I spent a year at Ofwat back in 2013 working on price controls I’m not remotely surprised it’s being abolished - what I saw astonished me 🧵 theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Congratulations Yorkshire Water! In the busiest week of the summer holiday you decided to belch sewage into three of the most popular beaches on the East Yorkshire coast around Bridlington and Scarborough. No notices. Just thousands of unaware families + kids swimming in sewage.

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained”