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Capitalism needs a purposeThe biggest problem with capitalism is a dependency on increased spending, writes Alfie Stirling for International Politics and Society Fishing waters patrols after Brexit dismissed as ‘posturing’Chris Williams spoke to the Financial Times about the dramatic cost of proposals to patrol 200 nautical miles of ocean.

Every week in the news there is a story about how our nation’s health is getting worse and the NHS is struggling. There is an urgent need for change in our health system. At the same time, there is a...

The social and economic context which public and community services are operating in has often been described as the ‘perfect storm’; where higher demand and reduced resources frustrate attempts to support the prevention of ill-health and the encouragement of good health. Communities are mobilising across England to improve experiences of health and care services and the wellbeing of...

Brexit is being presented as a beacon of hope for fishers. Many in coastal communities are looking to Brexit to lift them out of the economic hardship in which they feel trapped. But modelling from the...

After months of delay, allegedly due to power struggles with the devolved administrations, a leaked copy of Defra’s White Paper on a new post-Brexit UK fisheries policy is ready for consultation. Well,...

Only a few weeks ago, five properties in the seaside village of Hemsby, Norfolk, were demolished due to severe coastal erosion; and many remain at risk, after strong storms slashed away six metres of...

You can download a summary of this year’s fish dependence day findings...

According to the latest figures released by the OECD, for the first time in six years foreign investment by UK residents in the rest of the world (outward investment) exceeded what the UK economy...

Last week Labour launched Housing for the Many, outlining the party’s plans to fix the UK’s broken housing system. In recent years, a succession of green and white papers, and legislation, have...

Reacting to today’s ONS stats on GDP, Alfie Stirling, Head of Economics at the New Economics Foundation, said: “Today’s GDP estimates from the Office for National Statistics are again disappointing,...