
Richard Murphy
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Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
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http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/blog 23-01-2008 10:47:19
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“If we’re to have a hope of flourishing during the coming climate breakdown, we need a movement that invites people to share in its determination to act…”. Important reflections on #climate adaptation from Rupert Read 🌍 🔥👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…


Why doesn’t the news media talk about the real issues in life? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… The news media is very quiet this morning, but still won’t talk about the real issues facing most people in life, or ask how they could be solved. What is that? And what are the consequences?

Democracy does not matter to Labour taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… IPPR is the think-tank most listened to by Labour. It has produced a report on the reform of democracy. In that report it says it will not consider proportional representation because Labour does not want it. No wonder

‘Bring back the family Doctor’ Wes Streeting NHS England are making policy & funding decisions 20% ✂️ in GP Practice funding since 2016, £2bn=£35/patient/year 🏴is 8000 short of GPs, yet GPs are unemployed GPs, leaving & practices closing We are all patients & are losing out



The total intellectual vacuum amongst our politicians taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… Wes Streeting might manage to produce a social care plan by 2028, he is telling the world this morning. By then, Labour will be in its last inglorious days in office. How did people as incompetent as

The total intellectual vacuum amongst our politicians taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… Wes Streeting might manage to produce a social care plan by 2028, he is telling the world this morning. By then, Labour will be in its last inglorious days in office. How did people as incompetent as

Young people left behind are going to get angry taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… The graduate recruiting ground for middle class Britain - the bastion of its mundane stability - is disappearing as the semi-secure professional jobs of those in that strata of society are eliminated, and pay




Trump: the felon who is to be President taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… Four years ago Trump incited a rebellion, or coup. People died as a result. Today he becomes President again, when I think he should be serving tine. We should never forget that this man’s relationship with his role


People are dying so that spreadsheets balance taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… 44,000 people suffered serious harm waiting for care in the NHS last year, all because of the obsession with government’s requiring balanced budgets, which is total economic nonsense. For how much longer must

