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Military spending is touted as a remedy for Britain’s ailing economy. Here’s why it won’t work

Since the 1980s Britain’s military spending has grown in real terms, yet more than half of military jobs have been lost. The sector is hi-tech and low labour, says Khem Rogaly, a senior research fellow at the thinktank Common Wealth

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025

Most of UK’s big build-to-rent developers owned by foreign private equity firms

Common Wealth thinktank says Labour should control profits made by ‘institutional investors’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2025

Bring North Sea oil and gas under greater public control, report urges

Common Wealth thinktank warns that communities and taxpayer may have to pick up pieces when production ends

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2025

The Guardian view on GB Energy: Labour’s big idea could be a great one for the planet

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer’s plans could see the British state – rather than foreign ones – play a key role in clean energy

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2024

To revive Britain from recession the next government must get growth right

Two priorities are tackling entrenched inequalities and – the biggest challenge – addressing the climate crisis

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024

Labour urged to double funding in publicly owned renewables

Cash injection in Great British Energy should be increased to £30bn, thinktank says after Keir Starmer U-turn

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2024

So this is how the Royal Mail ends: killed by lying politicians, lousy managers and ruthless moneymen

The decline of this great institution is a story in microcosm of how so many aspects of British life have been degraded, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024

‘Elephant in the room’: The US military’s devastating carbon footprint

The US military emits more than entire industrialised nations like Portugal and Denmark, yet evades scrutiny.

Al Jazeera · Dec 12, 2023

Bidenomics lessons: Labour looks to Democrats as it prepares for power

Flagship US programme offers blueprint for Rachel Reeves, in echo of policy cooperation in era of Clinton and Blair

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2023

UK ‘wastes billions’ on defence firms that give investors rich returns

Study claims taxpayer is subsidising up to 90% of weapons companies’ research and development budgets

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023