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Category Archives: Economics
What a supine Government we have had
According to the summary of a report of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee that was published just over a year ago on 4th April 2016 “HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is not doing enough to tackle tax fraud, … Continue reading
Is our economy strong enough?
The interview with Theresa May on Marr on Sunday must surely rank as one of the most appalling public presentations of the Conservative Party disdain for the rest of society in recent years. The reference to nurses relying on foodbanks … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Health Reform, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Marr, Foodbanks, Nurses, Theresa May
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Economic and environmental advances
It is widely recognised that environmental changes for good and bad take a long time to be measured in a meaningful way, just as long term economic activity is much more sustainable that short term blips. This is highlighted in … Continue reading
A bit of a muddle in parliament
When Parliamentary questions are being directed at matters that are of concern to local residents, it is inevitable that people will listen to every word and want the MP concerned to squeeze every last drop of value out of the … Continue reading
Seven months and still no change
At the end of September last year I wrote about a question asked in Parliament by a Sussex MP and what I considered to be a rather ineffectual response from a Government Minister, Paul Maynard who is the MP for Blackpool … Continue reading
The need for real life experience
One of the demonstrable disadvantages of having Government Ministers and Shadow Ministers who have spent all of their working lives in the isolated environment that is a political party is that they get use to fighting one another and then … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Immigration, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Article 50, Brexit, Theresa May
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A Government asleep at the wheel
At the beginning of April I posted a blog about the early indications that the Governments new apprenticeship scheme was not ready for delivery as promised back in 2015. As of the 6th April the Government began collecting a new … Continue reading
Implications of currency changes
One of the suppliers that we work with on a weekly and often daily basis is US owned and its European HQ is in the Netherlands. A visit this morning has revealed that as a result of currency changes between … Continue reading
Who’d employ an apprentice?
The world of apprenticeships is about to go through a major change. A major change was proposed just after Theresa May was chosen as our Prime Minister by Tory MPs following David Camerons resignation. The plan is that from Thursday, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Police & Crime Commissioner, Youth Issues
Tagged Apprenticeship, Apprenticeship Levy
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Big can sometimes be beautiful too
One of the books that I have in my bookstore is Small is Beautiful by EF Schumacher. When I first read it I was challenged by the idea of how food miles and mass manufacture are bad for our economy. … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Economics, Environment, Health Reform, Welfare Reform
Tagged FareShare, Sussex Fareshare
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