Put energy access in the hands of communities NOT foreign-owned gas plants Real access is local, affordable, and clean. Not exploitative. Join the movement 👇🏿 globalcitizen.org/en/action/afri…

#Handsworth could teach Robert Jenrick how to live in a global society. #BenjaminZephaniah - spirit of #Birmingham - said "Handsworth for me is...where I learnt all my skills, my communication skills, my hustling skills, my poetic skills, everything."

The British news media, with a few notable exceptions, is the gravest current threat to our democracy. Had it been around in the 1930s, Oswald Mosley would have become PM, and the UK would have joined the fascist axis.

Goodbye. theguardian.com/business/2025/…

If Big Pharma can coordinate "to extract even higher prices (pressuring govt in "cartel-like behaviour [with] serious consequences for public health") the public is paying twice: once through higher drug costs &then again through poor regulatory oversight" thecounterbalance.substack.com/p/cma-declines…

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns. Biggest cause is profiteering led by energy, water and food businesses. No govt checks it. Real average wage stuck at 2008 level. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. theguardian.com/business/2025/…

That's quite a stat: "The richest 3,600 Europeans now hold as much wealth as the poorest 181 million – equivalent to the populations of Germany, Italy and Spain combined." oxfam.org/en/press-relea…

A never debated Government statutory instrument passed in June means Akinwumi Akinyemi, who works for TFL and whose wife works for the NHS, will be deported to Nigeria when his visa runs out in January because he doesn't currently earn £41k. #deportations #immigration

Jeff Bezos, worth $240 billion, sailed on his $500 million yacht to a $55 million wedding in Venice to give his wife a $5 million ring & spends $12.7 million on union busting so he can replace workers with robots. His tax rate: 1.1%. 5 words: Tax billionaires out of existence.

Building capacity starts with reframing what the state is for – not just a fixing markets but actively shaping the economy towards clear outcomes. Looking forward to sharing more at the Reynolds Lecture on mission-oriented government at @emmacollege Cambridge University later today.

"moving to the center or to the right is ill-advised when competing with far-right autocrats or populist parties" The US is showing what a big mistake that is: "an authoritarian state is taking shape...at a pace normally seen after a coup" ~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat lucid.substack.com/p/mamdani-and-…

King Trump grants a full and unconditional pardon to grateful convicted money launderer Zhao who has now committed to "do everything we can to help make America the Capital of Crypto." What could possibly go wrong? reuters.com/world/us/trump…

For once, this headline says it all: UK must resist raising taxes on banks, says NatWest boss as profits leap 30% theguardian.com/business/2025/…

I was interviewed on ITV News Central last night to talk about the ongoing costs of the Birmingham bin strike, and why it would likely be cheaper to end it soon.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the

This isn’t a joke btw. This is actually the U.S. economy. This scam is going to come crashing down. Soon.

Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts. Corporations don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. It is political corruption. Must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Prof. Chris Harrop OBE introduces the novel concept of Tax Funded Impact, a social impact metric that translates corporate tax into measurable GDP contribution, reframing tax as a value-creating investment rather than a cost. Read more: fairtaxmark.net/a-new-esg-metr…