Sandy Martin
@sandyofipswich.bsky.social
Chair, Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform, SERA Executive (Labour’s Environment Campaign), pro-EU, LGBT+, Democratic Socialist - for 1to1 dialogue feel free to email [email protected]
For 50 years the orthodoxy has been that the majority of investment has to be private investment. Well, private investment has let this country down- and most of the rest of the world. It’s time to raise sufficient taxation from private wealth to prevent runaway inflation while building publicly
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
For 50 years the orthodoxy has been that the majority of investment has to be private investment. Well, private investment has let this country down- and most of the rest of the world. It’s time to raise sufficient taxation from private wealth to prevent runaway inflation while building publicly
Railway building and new homes and renewable energy projects and home insulation programmes all employ large numbers of people in this country who don’t necessarily need degrees or IT skills. A society that relies on management consulting and AI and insurance is failing to engage with the majority
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Railway building and new homes and renewable energy projects and home insulation programmes all employ large numbers of people in this country who don’t necessarily need degrees or IT skills. A society that relies on management consulting and AI and insurance is failing to engage with the majority
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Mayors and local leaders will gain new powers to introduce visitor levies.
A win for devolution and regional growth, aligning with IPPR’s push for more local control: www.ippr.org/articles/the...
A win for devolution and regional growth, aligning with IPPR’s push for more local control: www.ippr.org/articles/the...
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Mayors and local leaders will gain new powers to introduce visitor levies.
A win for devolution and regional growth, aligning with IPPR’s push for more local control: www.ippr.org/articles/the...
A win for devolution and regional growth, aligning with IPPR’s push for more local control: www.ippr.org/articles/the...
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Gambling company taxes are rising, bringing in revenue more responsibly and in a way that protects communities. Read our full proposed package here: www.ippr.org/articles/ref...
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Gambling company taxes are rising, bringing in revenue more responsibly and in a way that protects communities. Read our full proposed package here: www.ippr.org/articles/ref...
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We also welcome a tax on high-value properties, putting more of the burden on the wealthiest rather than working families. Property taxation is finally shifting in the right direction – read what we recommend next here: www.ippr.org/articles/tow...
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We also welcome a tax on high-value properties, putting more of the burden on the wealthiest rather than working families. Property taxation is finally shifting in the right direction – read what we recommend next here: www.ippr.org/articles/tow...
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The chancellor has moved to tax income from wealth more like income from work, including rental income. This marks a step towards making sure those with the broadest shoulders contribute their share. www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The chancellor has moved to tax income from wealth more like income from work, including rental income. This marks a step towards making sure those with the broadest shoulders contribute their share. www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
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The two-child limit is being scrapped – a landmark decision that will lift around 450,000 children out of poverty, and part of our recommendations for the upcoming child poverty strategy: www.ippr.org/articles/get...
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The two-child limit is being scrapped – a landmark decision that will lift around 450,000 children out of poverty, and part of our recommendations for the upcoming child poverty strategy: www.ippr.org/articles/get...
I think the Morris Minor says British even more so- phenomenally successful, 1.6 million made, also designed by Alec Issigonis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mo...
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I think the Morris Minor says British even more so- phenomenally successful, 1.6 million made, also designed by Alec Issigonis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mo...
It IS important to be realistic. Competent and compassionate government would definitely help, but it wouldn’t guarantee a general election victory. Remember, after the biggest council house building project ever, inventing the NHS and implementing the welfare state, Labour was voted out in 1951
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It IS important to be realistic. Competent and compassionate government would definitely help, but it wouldn’t guarantee a general election victory. Remember, after the biggest council house building project ever, inventing the NHS and implementing the welfare state, Labour was voted out in 1951