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Why is Reform UK threatening Green areas with migrant detention centres?

‘Grotesque’ policy is seen as effort to sharpen dividing lines before local elections

The Guardian - UK · May 5

Jennie Formby, Labour’s former general secretary, says she has joined Greens

Exclusive: Formby, an ally of Jeremy Corbyn who quit role in 2020, says Labour is now ‘in hock to corporate sponsors’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

‘Doge of the left’ could save UK taxpayers up to £30bn, says new green thinktank

Report by Verdant says rooting out waste, fraud and tax avoidance would save money that could help improve public services

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25

Here’s one key thing you should know about Trump’s shock to the world economy: it could work

It’s hard to say if the president truly knows what he’s doing. But there is a precedent for the US causing short-term chaos and reaping long-term gain, says economist James Meadway

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2025

How Covid changed the British state

Surge in national debt and NHS backlog altered the economy and expectations around crisis management

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025

Soaring grocery prices helped Trump to victory. The climate crisis is only going to make this worse

From olive oil to butter, extreme weather is pushing up the cost of living and having a dramatic political impact. Economists need a solution, says podcast host James Meadway

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

‘These ideas are incredibly popular’: what is degrowth and can it save the planet?

The post-growth movement says GDP is the wrong way to measure progress and we need a radical economic rewiring

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2024

Talk of a soft landing for the global economy is premature – many dark scenarios are lurking

Big obstacles to rising living standards remain, from populism to protectionism, military conflict to the climate crisis, and China to Wall Street

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

‘We can’t pretend the ecological crisis is separate’: the economist thinking differently about climate breakdown

James Meadway, once a Labour adviser and now a podcast host, says the separation between climate and economy has to end

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2024

Rishi Sunak’s empty boasting about ‘halving inflation’ can’t hide his economic failures

It is falling global energy prices that have led to a fall in inflation, rather than anything the prime minister has done, says James Meadway, the host of the Macrodose podcast

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023