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The only growth we want is the growth that enhances our wellbeing

What Ed must say to Rachel There is tension between Energy Minister Ed Miliband and Chancellor of The Exchequer Rachel Reeves. An inevitable tension in the conflict between a commitment to faster economic growth and a commitment to Net Zero? The month of  January 2025 … Continue readingThe only growth we want is the growth that enhances our wellbeing

What the UK’s chancellor of the exchequer might have said… and should say next year

Introduction: In November 2022 I heard Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chancellor, speak at the Anthropy Conference. Her speech – and the discussion at that conference – stimulated me to suggest a new kind of Autumn Statement. It was published under the title ‘What if the Chancellor … Continue readingWhat the UK’s chancellor of the exchequer might have said… and should say next year

Message to boards – get off the fence and start arguing for the regulation that the wellbeing of future generations demands

“The burden of regulation is too high” said Kemi Badenoch MP as she set out her case in front of Conservative Party members at their party conference last month. How short memories can be. Only a month ago, we heard from the final report of … Continue readingMessage to boards – get off the fence and start arguing for the regulation that the wellbeing of future generations demands

Dishonourable compliance, suppressed conscience, and lethal compartmentalisation

The slippery slope to Grenfell to which all boards should be alert I haven’t read the whole Grenfell Inquiry Report. But I have listened to the authoritative BBC Radio 4 podcast series Grenfell – Building a Disaster presented by Kate Lamble. It describes three issues … Continue readingDishonourable compliance, suppressed conscience, and lethal compartmentalisation