What do you think the UK government should be spending its international aid budget on? Vaccines? Dealing with climate change? Helping countries close tax loopholes? I’m guessing you didn’t say profit-making private schools. But unfortunately, that’s exactly what it has been doing.
Economics
Quartz: How tax havens turn economic statistics into nonsense
A short, but interesting article that demonstrates why statistics can be completely useless (something we saw with Ireland’s GDP – Leprechaun Economics click here). Read here
Climate Crisis
Global Witness, Corporate Europe Observatory – Piping gas into the Parliament
Rapporteur’s pro-gas views and refusal to reveal lobbying raise alarms over TEN-E revision Read here
EU politics
ekathimerini.com: Austerity violated Greeks’ right to food, new report concludes
Austerity violated Greeks’ right to food, new report concludes: “structural reforms that “significantly tipped the balance in favor of larger food retailers and private traders to the detriment of small-scale producers.”” Read here
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