Babelfish launches Peoplenomics: four people-first policies, modelled by NIESR and CEBR, that could add £36bn to UK GDP and cut inflation. Put people first.
Dale Vince
I didn’t set out to be a businessman, a campaigner, or a so-called disruptor - I just wanted to live a low-impact life. But somewhere along the way, I realised I could do more than just tread lightly - I could try to change the system.
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End £30bn bank benefits, tax wealth like work, break the gas price link, launch a rooftop solar revolution and build 1.4m homes. Peoplenomics in five steps.
Peoplenomics: price control, rooftop solar and tax reform put money in people's pockets – and could double UK growth. A new orthodoxy for Burnham's Labour.
Britain paid £43bn extra for energy in 2023 because gas sets the price. Wholesale price control, a North Sea deal and breaking the link could slash UK bills.
New CEBR analysis for Babelfish finds 1.4m homes could be built on brownfield land, adding 0.9% to GDP a year for a decade. Half already have planning permission.
New CEBR research for Babelfish: 1.4m brownfield homes would unleash £259bn and return £1.92 for every £1 spent. The big five sit on 869,000 plots instead.
Britain's big five sit on 869,000 plots worth £275bn and build slowly to keep prices high. Start the rates clock the day permission is granted.
1.4m homes sit waiting on brownfield land. Building them would deliver £250bn, 400,000 jobs a year and £1.92 back for every £1 invested. The Big Five won't.
Just £50m a year in private donations controls the £3trillion UK economy. Public funding would cost the price of a packet of crisps per person. So why don't we?
Nigel Farage claims to be on the side of British workers – yet he invests his riches in global crypto, where power is concentrated among a small group of wealthy individuals
There's a lot to say about Reform. A lot of gaps to talk about. Like the gap between what they say and what they do.
Tax Exile Foreigners Own Our Media and Set Our Political Agenda. Farage Fills the Gap With Lies About Immigration. It's Time to Change Both.
Tony Blair is wrong on green energy. High bills come from fossil fuels and a rigged market — not renewables.
Removing VAT from energy bills and applying it to flights could cut costs for families and tackle a deeply regressive tax.