Responding to figures published today by the ONS which show GDP fell by 20.4% in April, and 10.4% in the three months to April, Fran Boait, …
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Andrew Bailey calls for green recovery, but BoE must lead by example
London, 5 June 2020 - Research and campaign group Positive Money has welcomed Bank of England (BoE) governor Andrew Bailey’s calls for a …
BoE bailing out ‘climate criminals and bad bosses’
Airlines receive £1.8bn of public money with no strings attached, oil companies £750m. London, 4 June 2020 - Research and campaign group …
Bank of England comes clean on corporate bailouts following Positive Money campaign
London, 19 May 2020 - The Treasury and the Bank of England have today announced that the names of companies being bailed out through the …
Govt should put public health ahead of private wealth: Positive Money response to GDP figures
Responding to the ONS’ estimate that GDP fell by 2% from January until the end of March, and 5.8% in March, Fran Boait, executive director …
A majority agree: public health before economic growth
It’s official: a majority of people want the government to prioritise health and wellbeing over economic growth - a YouGov poll we …
New polling: only 12% want UK to prioritise economic growth over wellbeing
More than 8 in 10 think UK should prioritise health and wellbeing of citizens over GDP during coronavirus crisis Over 6 …
Why Covid-19 should make us rethink the concept of inflation
Despite the Bank of England and the Treasury’s coordinated moves to pump more money into the economy, inflation is unlikely to occur for …
Bank of England come clean: stop secret business bailouts now – petition launch
While small and independent businesses are struggling to survive, the Bank of England is creating billions in new money to bail out …