Obama's example for the UK

This is from the Guardian today: Larry Elliott is right to be sceptical about whether the trillion-euro dose of QE will solve Europe’s economic problems (Report, 21 January). Like its £375bn UK predecessor, it will buy government bonds from banks and, as happened...

The Chancellor's give-away

This letter was published in the Guardian today: Instead of the eye-wateringly cruel cuts in public services inherent in the chancellor’s obsession with rapid deficit reduction, the pre-election debate should radically change direction to one that has at its heart a...

The urgent need for green quantitative easing

The following press release has been issued by Caroline Lucas MP and the Green New Deal group this morning. There are more details on green quantitative easing  here: When George Osborne stands up this Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement he will find himself...