
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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āIf weāre to have a hope of flourishing during the coming climate breakdown, we need a movement that invites people to share in its determination to actā¦ā. Important reflections on #climate adaptation from ā¦Rupert Read š š„ā©š theguardian.com/commentisfree/ā¦


Why doesnāt 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 wonāt 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

āBring back the family Doctorā Wes Streeting NHS England are making policy & funding decisions 20% āļø in GP Practice funding since 2016, Ā£2bn=Ā£35/patient/year š“ó §ó ¢ó „ó ®ó §ó æis 8000 short of GPs, yet GPs are unemployed GPs, leaving & practices closing We are all patients & are losing out

Energy price rises are due to regulation that favours companies, not people youtu.be/ECTGhvVpsQc?si⦠The UK has the highest domestic energy prices in Europe, and itās all down to poor regulation, political dogma, and the fact that we havenāt got nationalised energy companies.


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


Has Wes Streeting got the ability to be our Health Secretary? youtu.be/vBEqa6H6Nis?si⦠Wes Streeting has made clear that no action on social care will be taken during this parliament by setting up a commission to report on the issue by 2028, when it will be too late to do anything

In 2025, we have to say yes to the power of the state youtu.be/27YFXWQq6uk?si⦠Itās fashionable to lay the blame for all that is wrong in our economy on the state. But thatās a mistake. The state is only failing because it is being run by politicians who have set out to undermine

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 manās 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 governmentās requiring balanced budgets, which is total economic nonsense. For how much longer must

