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Bytes Europe<p>UK-EU trade ‘reset’ praised by business and traders <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1026855/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1026855/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarbonBorderAdjustmentMechanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonBorderAdjustmentMechanism</span></a>(CBAM) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CentreForInclusiveTradePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentreForInclusiveTradePolicy</span></a>(CITP) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CharteredInstituteOfExportAndInternationalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharteredInstituteOfExportAndInternationalTrade</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LBC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarcoForgione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoForgione</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarleyMorris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarleyMorris</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryMobilityProgramme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryMobilityProgramme</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalFederationOfFishermen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalFederationOfFishermen</span></a>'sOrganisations <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Proxima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proxima</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SimonGeale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimonGeale</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/115472/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/115472/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> UK-EU trade ‘reset’ praised by business and traders <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarbonBorderAdjustmentMechanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonBorderAdjustmentMechanism</span></a>(CBAM) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CentreForInclusiveTradePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentreForInclusiveTradePolicy</span></a>(CITP) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CharteredInstituteOfExportAndInternationalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharteredInstituteOfExportAndInternationalTrade</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LBC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarcoForgione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoForgione</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarleyMorris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarleyMorris</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryMobilityProgramme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryMobilityProgramme</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalFederationOfFishermen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalFederationOfFishermen</span></a>'sOrganisations <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernIreland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Proxima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proxima</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SimonGeale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimonGeale</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a></p>
John Leonard<p>The UK must stand firm on regulating big tech by strengthening the hand of the Competition and Markets Authority and refocusing its activities to protect consumers and promote competition, according to the think tank IPPR.</p><p><a href="https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/legislation-regulation/uk-should-strengthen-regulator-in-the-face-of-big-tech-pressure-argues-ippr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computing.co.uk/news/2025/legi</span><span class="invisible">slation-regulation/uk-should-strengthen-regulator-in-the-face-of-big-tech-pressure-argues-ippr</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ippr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ippr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/appstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appstore</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>AI Puts 70% Of Britain’s ‘Knowledge Economy’ Tasks At Risk <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/727213/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/727213/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InstituteForPublicPolicyResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstituteForPublicPolicyResearch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SamAltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SamAltman</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UKEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UKJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKJobs</span></a></p>
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦<p>Is it just me or is the world going mad?</p><p>The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> have just released a major report on ill health and its effects on the economy. They acknowledge that things have got much worse since <a href="https://mas.to/tags/covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>covid19</span></a> came along.</p><p>Hell, they even show this graph:</p><p>And they make some broadly sensible recommendations, but absolutely none of them is about mitigating the risks of covid.</p><p>Recommendations for free vaccines? Nope. Better air quality? Nope. Masking in healthcare settings? Also nope.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/uk-ill-health-economic-growth-ippr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">sep/17/uk-ill-health-economic-growth-ippr</span></a></p>
JuneSim63<p>"The term the ‘sick man of Europe’ is often used to describe countries going through severe economic turmoil or social unrest. In Britain today, it has become a more literal reality.<br>We lag our peers on health outcomes, the number of people with a long-term condition is rising, and people are spending longer proportions of their lives in poor health.”<br>The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) report on Britain's health</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/17/uk-ill-health-economic-growth-ippr?CMP=firstedition_email" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">sep/17/uk-ill-health-economic-growth-ippr?CMP=firstedition_email</span></a></p>
JuneSim63<p>Wealthy white men from rural areas are the UK’s biggest emitters of climate-heating gases from transport, according to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).<br>The richest 0.1% in Britain emit 22 times more from transport than low earners &amp; 12 times more than average. Income is directly linked to levels of mobility.<br>In the UK, transport is now the largest source of emissions.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transport</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emissions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/29/wealthy-white-men-uk-biggest-transport-polluters" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/may/29/wealthy-white-men-uk-biggest-transport-polluters</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Tax cuts will plunge thousands into poverty, warn think tanks ahead of spring Budget<br> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/tax-cuts-will-plunge-thousands-into-poverty-warn-think-tanks-ahead-of-spring-budget/ar-BB1jgZGa?cvid=1eec0a3320b645d3a6f02385e95cea8e&amp;ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&amp;ei=6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-gb/money/other/tax-</span><span class="invisible">cuts-will-plunge-thousands-into-poverty-warn-think-tanks-ahead-of-spring-budget/ar-BB1jgZGa?cvid=1eec0a3320b645d3a6f02385e95cea8e&amp;ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&amp;ei=6</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NationalInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalInsurance</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NI</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Hunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hunt</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/CutsToServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CutsToServices</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/InstituteForPublicPolicyResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstituteForPublicPolicyResearch</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NewEconomicsFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewEconomicsFoundation</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NEF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEF</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalCredit</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UC</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IMF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMF</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/InstuteForFiscalStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstuteForFiscalStudies</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/OBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBR</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPs</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Dentists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dentists</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ResolutionFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResolutionFoundation</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Jones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jones</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/LibDems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibDems</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Olney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Olney</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>People in North of England 'Live Shorter, Sicker, Poorer Lives Simply Because of Where They Were Born' – Byline Times<br> <a href="https://bylinetimes.com/2024/03/01/people-in-north-of-england-live-shorter-sicker-poorer-lives-simply-because-of-where-they-were-born/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bylinetimes.com/2024/03/01/peo</span><span class="invisible">ple-in-north-of-england-live-shorter-sicker-poorer-lives-simply-because-of-where-they-were-born/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Northerners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Northerners</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NorthSouthDivide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthSouthDivide</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Inequalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inequalities</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/LifeExpectancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeExpectancy</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ChronicIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicIllness</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IPPRNorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPRNorth</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/LevellingUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LevellingUp</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WealthGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WealthGap</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Labour ‘must spend billions on welfare or poverty will soar’<br> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/labour-must-spend-billions-on-welfare-or-poverty-will-soar/ar-BB1iQSUm?cvid=8495e58fd4c64b328a3ea5e9bb9338ec&amp;ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&amp;ei=6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/labo</span><span class="invisible">ur-must-spend-billions-on-welfare-or-poverty-will-soar/ar-BB1iQSUm?cvid=8495e58fd4c64b328a3ea5e9bb9338ec&amp;ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&amp;ei=6</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Benefits</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Kendall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kendall</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/JosephRowntreeFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JosephRowntreeFoundation</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Willets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Willets</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SaveTheChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheChildren</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ChangingRealities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChangingRealities</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalCredit</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UC</span></a></p>
Mark Burton<p>Carsten Jung from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> calls for more investment to fund the clean energy transition. <br>So far so good.<br>But he then defends it because it will create more economic growth.<br>He's either been asleep or is a bad economist.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDP</span></a> growth a) is not needed to defend sound investment.b) it makes climate mitigation more not less difficult.</p><p>"Instead of arguing over such red herrings, Labour and the Conservatives should be debating how such investment should be spent.." Yes.<br>(1)<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/08/britain-investment-spending-green-projects-keir-starmer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/jan/08/britain-investment-spending-green-projects-keir-starmer</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows | Inflation | The Guardian<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/07/greedflation-corporate-profiteering-boosted-global-prices-study" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2023/</span><span class="invisible">dec/07/greedflation-corporate-profiteering-boosted-global-prices-study</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greedflation</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GlobalPrices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalPrices</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prices</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Multinationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multinationals</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Thinktanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thinktanks</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/CommonWealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonWealth</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profits</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ExcessiveProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveProfits</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ExxonMobil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExxonMobil</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Exxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exxon</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/KraftHeinz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KraftHeinz</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Glencore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glencore</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Unite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unite</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shell</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ArcherDanielsMidland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArcherDanielsMidland</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Bunge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bunge</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Cargill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cargill</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>The <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> rightly follows Marianna Mazzucato &amp; suggests that UK Govt. needs to invest directly in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/greentehcnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greentehcnology</span></a>;</p><p>as I've said before this make perfect sense; not only would it help accelerate the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/greentransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greentransition</span></a>, it would also pump-prime the UK's current lamentable <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> environment for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/manufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturers</span></a>... </p><p>Its a policy that the Labour Party should get behind.... its certainly a better use of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> money than subsidising <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fossilfules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfules</span></a> (see earlier post)</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/23/uk-needs-dragons-den-approach-investing-net-zero-thinktank" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">23/aug/23/uk-needs-dragons-den-approach-investing-net-zero-thinktank</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Britain facing ‘permanent asylum backlog’ and £5bn accommodation bill under new Tory migration act | The Independent<br> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/asylum-backlog-small-boats-rishi-sunak-suella-braverman-b2396733.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/asylum-backlog-small-boats-rishi-sunak-suella-braverman-b2396733.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/AsylumBacklog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsylumBacklog</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IllegalMigrationBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalMigrationBill</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SmallBoats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallBoats</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/RefugeeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RefugeeAction</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Care4Calais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Care4Calais</span></a></p>
Michael<p>Pay rises for public sector workers would NOT be inflationary </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> reveals a 10.5% pay boost to restore real pay to 2019/20 levels, higher than rises announced by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> last week, would add at most 0.14% to inflation if funded by borrowing.</p><p><a href="https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/pay-rises-for-public-sector-workers-would-not-be-inflationary-report-352737/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelondoneconomic.com/news/pay</span><span class="invisible">-rises-for-public-sector-workers-would-not-be-inflationary-report-352737/</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>UK economy in growth ‘doom loop’ after decades of underinvestment | Economic growth (GDP) | The Guardian<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/20/uk-economy-in-growth-doom-loop-after-decades-of-underinvestment" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2023/</span><span class="invisible">jun/20/uk-economy-in-growth-doom-loop-after-decades-of-underinvestment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UKEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKEconomy</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DoomLoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoomLoop</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UnderInvestment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnderInvestment</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDP</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/InstituteForPublicPolicyResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstituteForPublicPolicyResearch</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/OECD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OECD</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/G7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>G7</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a></p>
Roman ALAN<p>Useless Quote for 17 Feb:</p><p>"This is a doom loop."</p><p>~ Layman, Throp, and Sherman, "1.5°C – Dead or Alive?" (Institute for Public Policy Research, Feb 2023)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/UselessQuote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UselessQuote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> </p><p>(Full report: <a href="https://www.ippr.org/files/2023-02/1676546139_1.5c-dead-or-alive-feb23.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ippr.org/files/2023-02/1676546</span><span class="invisible">139_1.5c-dead-or-alive-feb23.pdf</span></a>)</p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>World risks descending into a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> ‘doom loop’, warn thinktanks<br>Institute for Public Policy Research (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a>) &amp; <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ChathamHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChathamHouse</span></a>, said a current example of the impact of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> complicating efforts to reduce <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> and other action was the debate over whether keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5C – the international goal – was still possible. <br>Report says simply coping with escalating impacts of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> could override tackling root cause</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/16/world-risks-descending-into-a-climate-doom-loop-warn-thinktanks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">23/feb/16/world-risks-descending-into-a-climate-doom-loop-warn-thinktanks</span></a></p>
pennine<p>The Tory <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/levellingup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>levellingup</span></a> delusion, invented by <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/liar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Johnson</span></a> &amp; continued by his successors, completely demolished by <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> report. Compared with nation states the North would be second lowest in <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/OECD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OECD</span></a>. <a href="http://bit.ly/3DdrjAa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/3DdrjAa</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SunakOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunakOut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RejoinEU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/toryliars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toryliars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Nick Perks<p>Given the <a href="https://home.social/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/HS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HS2</span></a> funding row, got musing that someone (<a href="https://home.social/tags/IPPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPPR</span></a> North?) should work out how much the North of England would get if it benefited from Barnett consequentials....</p>
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