So the latest proposal is that: One mechanism for achieving this goal is a wealth tax on the ultra-wealthy. The Tax Policy Center recently released an analysis of a new policy called the Five & Dime tax.

Millions of people are prevented from having the number of children they want by a toxic mix of economic barriers and sexism, a new UN report has warned.

Ah well, journalists and numeracy, eh? Never the twain shall meet and all that.

The Government has cut funding for nursing courses in a move that risks undermining its pledge to end the NHS’s reliance on foreign workers.

A lawyer called Stephen Kinsella (and not the economist of the same name) takes to the pages of the Independent to demand he be charged higher taxes.

Well, yes, but it’s worth really learning our history so that we can, in fact, repeat it. The incoming Tory Party then came off the gold standard and thus the pound devalued.

To describe Richard Murphy as a tax expert is a category error. But beyond mere jeering it’s necessary to grasp his misunderstanding of pensions.

Rachel Reeves is set to announce £15.6 billion for transport projects outside London in an attempt to tackle a surge in support for Reform UK.

So, what are we going to do about the state eating everything?

It’s not true that all and everything done by past governments is or has been wrong. Sadly, government can’t even gain a perfect record in that, being wholly and totally wrong always.

Britons could be forced to give details of their jobs, earnings and health status to officials as a slump in responses to surveys undermines Whitehall’s ability to judge the state of the economy.

Sadly, it seems to be those most interested in climate change - in stopping it - who have the hardest time grasping the logic.