🚨 The first UK council to trial a four-day week (in Cambridge) has voted to make it permanent after a successful two-year trial. Despite some noisy opposition, the historic trial has smashed expectations: happier staff, better services & £400,000 saved for taxpayers every year.

Brilliant. This is a beautiful takedown by Prof Becky Malby, of most of the myths around taking water back into public ownership, including its cost. Also demolishes the idea it’s possible for ANY regulator to effectively function within a privatised water model. Join the

For an awful lot of politicians and pundits, the story about fixing our railways starts and stops with one word: NATIONALISATION. But this slogan alone is doomed to fail us all. Watch me explain why for Greens Organise: #NotJustNationalisation

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/…

⏳ Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

Let's draw the line on this poison coming from Labour and beyond. Join the Greens by July 31st and vote for Zack as Leader. x.com/ZackPolanski/s…

Join us in Bristol in Sept at the Anti-Austerity Conference, hosted by Modern Money Lab UK Our Co-Director Sasha will join Zack Polanski & Mark Hooper on a panel about the political economy of the UK, & damage caused by decades of austerity. Get tickets here! 👇 modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/bristol…

Nope. Over the last few years, in the first time since ever I've listened to countless working class people talk about the Green Party - all because of Zack. He connects with a lot of the working class in a way the Green Party has historically never been able to do. #BackZack

The official story is that there is a short list of men who can stop the starvation of Gaza with a word, and then the rest of the world, which has no say at all. It's intolerable.

Labour pledged to halve government spending on consultants, yet it rose by £150m in their first year. #TheBigCon continues: without serious investment in public sector capacity and a mindset change to empower government delivery, departments will keep outsourcing core

📈 Today, undergraduate tuition fees rise to £9,535. 💸 The marketisation of Higher Education has been a disaster - pushing universities into financial ruin & burdening students with debt. 💚 Education should be a right, not a privilege. The Green Party would scrap tuition fees

From yesterday's incredible effort from Paul Powlesland and team, to voting for Zack Polanski as leader today, I couldn't be more excited to be part of the Greens. We are out there on the ground in communities, showing there's a real alternative to the mainstream slop. Join us!

You know what won't help with the social care bill councils are inexplicably forced to pay for? Selling off spaces which keep older people active and socially connected with their neighbours. Just hugely short term thinking

we should tax the rich — but maybe not for the reason you think. ultra-wealthy people's money gives them too much command over our labor. only by taxing the rich can we free up resources for things we actually want. listen to Jason Hickel on episode 3 of Better Future podcast:

LIVE EVENT! 📣 🎤 THE ANTI-AUSTERITY CONFERENCE 12-13 September, Bristol Anything we can do, we can afford! 🎤: Zack Polanski Stephanie Kelton Mark Hooper Steven Hail Randeep Ramesh William Thomson Philip Armstrong 💙 Patricia Sheridan Kates 🕊️ modernmoneylab.org.uk/events/bristol…

This pair of legends is running to be Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Hackney. If you want to see real, direct democracy that works for everyone, please do chip in whatever you can to help their campaign 💚

"It's a good moment for the party to clarify that we're challenging an unpopular Labour government,” says Mr Polanski. “We are not there to collaborate with them. We’re not there to be disappointed or concerned about them. We are there to replace them.” economist.com/britain/2025/0…

Attend an MMT workshop Aug 24 in Adelaide, 🇦🇺 Sept 14 in Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Sept 20-21 in Sheffield, 🇬🇧 Sept 27-28 in Vienna, 🇦🇹 Register here modernmoneylab.org.au/events/