Mentions
What was said, and which frame it usedEvery item the dashboard counts, newest first. The marked words are the phrases that made it count; the tags say whether it used an opposing frame, an MMT-consistent idea, or named MMT. These are keyword matches: whether an item endorses or attacks an idea is shown once our classifier's accuracy is published.
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Councils pay more than £125m a year placing vulnerable children in illegal care homes in England
Exclusive: Booming industry of businesses profit from shortage of beds for most at-risk children Councils are paying more than £125m a year of taxpayers’ money to place vulnerable children in illegal care homes across England, an investigation has found. The Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) have uncovered a booming industry of businesses profiting from a shortage of beds for the most at-risk children in Ofsted-inspected homes. Local authority payment records show that more than 480 private companies have been paid £250m for 1,800 unlawful placements of children over…
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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Another Australian found safe after Nepal-Tibet floods – as it happened
…or governments to be able to deliver commitments. Independent MP Kate Chaney says reporting of an “invite-only” community infrastructure grants program by Labor shows “governments from both sides use taxpayer-funded grants to buy votes”. The ABC has reported the Major and Local Community Infrastructure Program committed tens of thousands of dollars to key seats, but 45 seats around the county (almost a third) were not invited to apply for this fund. Chaney says: This is pork barrelling, and we’ve seen it before. The Coalition had Sports Rorts, and now Labor is ‘park’ barrelling – money for p…
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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John Healey backs growth but says Labour must be honest on spending
…eceipts by 2029-30. With the public finances under pressure from soaring long-term bond yields, which hit an 18-year high last week, Healey argued that stronger growth was the most sustainable way to balance the books. However, he also signalled that his budget would require Labour “being honest about the need to control government spending”. Economists have warned the chancellor could be forced to increase taxes or cut spending in response to rising spending pressures and the economic fallout from the war in Iran triggering turmoil in global bond markets. The UK’s 10-year borrowing costs ro…
- Opposing frame: Fiscal black hole
- Opposing frame: Household budget
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Economic Growth
Sometimes it is necessary, in order to fund improvements in our national health service and to fill the £22 billion fiscal black hole that we inherited.
- Opposing frame: Fiscal black hole
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Draft Building Safety Levy (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026
I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Building Safety Levy (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. The remediation of residential buildings with unsafe cladding in England is a priority for this Government. Nine years on from the Grenfell tragedy, there is no justification for any building to remain unsafe. Helping residents to feel safe in their homes and to move on from this issue is crucial work. The Government are committing £5.2 billion of taxpayers’ money to the costs of remediation, and the building safety…
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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Economic Growth
I welcome the Chief Secretary’s statement and her commitment that the British Business Bank’s new fund will not be interfered with politically, because when the Treasury Committee looked at the National Wealth Fund, we were very clear that it needed to be able to get on and do its job crowding in that private investment. There should not be a chop-and-change approach to the policy; it should not be a delivery vehicle for different Government policies, as Governments can change. I have spent my career backing devolution, but there is a challenge here, is there not? The Chief Secretary has to e…
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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Local Government Reorganisation
I am grateful to the Secretary of State for her statement, but I have to confess to being a bit more confused now than I was when I walked into the room. When it comes to Hampshire, is this a pause or a cancellation? When will we know whether this titanic waste of council taxpayers’ money will re-emerge? The Government’s top-down reorganisation plans have cost councils across Hampshire so much time and money, at a point when finances are already stretched to breaking point. Has she calculated the cost? Will local authorities be reimbursed for the time and money already spent? When will we kno…
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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Public/Private Partnerships
We will deploy public/private partnerships where it is in the best interest of the Exchequer and of the public to do so, because we need to protect taxpayers’ money. My noble friend is absolutely right, however, that we benefitted under PFI, with those 100 new hospitals, new schools and new health centres. That has to be celebrated. Yes, you learn lessons, but I hope we will go on to see more public/private partnerships in future—but only if it is in the interest of the Exchequer to do so.
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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Topical Questions
I think the hon. Gentleman will find that we do not shy away from intervention when it is required. We also think that the Government ought to work in partnership with local government and that councils, where they need support, find a partner in central Government. He can be absolutely sure that, when it comes to value for taxpayers’ money and holding the sector to account, the right checks and balances are finally in place.
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
…endments that the Minister has just described, but I have one note of caution. The drive for innovation, which we all think is a good thing, in many ways also increasingly exposes the UK to a loss of monetary sovereignty, particularly where that innovation has to be brought in from overseas, and gives overseas companies far greater control of the payments systems in the UK. That is one of the ongoing fears that we have had. Scott Bessent has been quite open in saying tariffs are very old-fashioned in controlling western economies’ and that stablecoin is the way to do it. I am therefore cauti…
- MMT-consistent idea: Currency issuer
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No bailouts for Jaguar Land Rover amid reports of thousands of job cuts, says minister
Carmaker, which is battling Trump tariffs and Chinese competitors, faces talks with union leaders and government The government has signalled that it will not invest taxpayers’ money to limit job losses at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), after it emerged that the UK’s biggest carmaker is planning up to 4,000 redundancies. Before crunch talks on Tuesday between JLR, union leaders and government officials, the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, said it was not his job to “intervene and run businesses”. JLR, owned by the Indian conglomerate Tata Motors, told staff on Friday to expect a voluntary re…
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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マクロ経済動学モデルにおける決済プロトコルの形式仕様検証 ――モズラーの課税動機・生産起動とGenesisモデルによる財政仕様監査
本稿の核心的貢献は、現代貨幣理論(MMT)の基礎的命題――ウォーレン・モズラーの「課税が通貨需要と生産を起動する(Taxes Drive Money and Production)」および「政府支出の決済上の先行性」――を、複式簿記の鏡像律と離散事象システムに基づく厳密な形式仕様として定式化し、紙面上で誰もが目で追跡・再計算できる視覚的監査体系(Radical Visual Auditability)へ変換した点にある。 通常のマクロ経済モデルでは、政府支出、租税、国債、銀行預金および中央銀行準備の取引順序は、期間集計値や期末ストックの背後に圧縮・隠蔽される。そのため事後的な会計恒等式が成立していても、通貨利用者の資金制約を通貨発行者へ無媒介に転移させる「主体間制約の範疇混同(カテゴリー錯誤)」が生じやすく、「税や国債が政府支出の事前財源である」という因果を、期間集計値や事後的会計恒等式のみから導く誤推論を排除することが困難であった。 本稿は、この「見えない期間内過程」を、著者が開発した逐次来歴比較法(Sequential Provenance Comparison: SPC)によって完全に可視化・監査する。全登録勘定をゼロとするGenesis State S₀ = 0₁₆ から出発し、State、Event、事前条件、主体別の鏡像仕訳、COMMIT/ABORT判定および信用ラ…
- MMT by name: MMT by name
- MMT-consistent idea: Real resource limit
- MMT-consistent idea: Taxes don't fund spending
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Infants, Parents and Carers Bill
…have manageable caseloads, with a number of families that they could visit at the appropriate frequency and provide the necessary support. However, due to funding reductions and the necessary cuts to balance the books, there are reports that individuals now face mountains of casework and up to almost a thousand families per caseworker or healthcare professional. That is clearly not sustainable and will never deliver the support that those families need. In conclusion, I am honoured and delighted to support the Infants, Parents and Carers Bill. It will not solve every challenge facing familie…
- Opposing frame: Household budget
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Parcel Delivery Services
…eases. Earlier this year, it warned that the increase in employer national insurance contributions announced in the Budget would cost the business some £120 million. For a company that is expected to balance the books while providing a complex, expensive and reliable weekly service, that is not a trivial sum. It is yet another burden placed upon a business whose quality of service was regrettably already in decline. Royal Mail has missed its first-class and second-class delivery targets for the Government’s first two years in office. Additional national insurance tax could otherwise have gon…
- Opposing frame: Household budget
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Building Homes and Renewing Communities
I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. It is a pleasure to see her again so soon. I join her in thanking those involved in the response to this summer’s wildfires, and applauding their remarkable courage. The Secretary of State is right to note that for far too many people across the country the sense of decline runs deep. In far too many places, organised criminals have taken over the high street, and in far too many cases, a place to sleep is something that people cannot take for granted. The stories I have been told by constituents who have experienced rough sle…
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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Redditch Police and Fire Station
I am presenting a petition concerning the West Mercia police and crime commissioner’s decision to spend £20 million of taxpayers’ money on a new police and fire station that, despite that significant investment, has neither a permanent front-counter service nor holding cells. I would like to thank the thousands of residents who have signed this petition, both on paper and online. Their support demonstrates the strength of feeling in our community and sends a clear message that a town the size of Redditch deserves a fit-for-purpose police station. The petition states: The petition of residents…
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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Access to Culture
Celebrating culture as a community can be an incredibly unifying experience, and many people will have enjoyed Notting Hill carnival this weekend, but 636 people were arrested for crimes including sexual offences and possession of weapons. Last year, it cost about £16 million just to police the carnival, and this year a further £4.6 million of taxpayers’ money was provided for additional safety measures. Given those figures, are the Minister and the Secretary of State satisfied that this particular cultural event represents good value for taxpayers? What discussions is the Secretary of State…
- Opposing frame: How will you pay for it?
- Opposing frame: Taxpayers' money
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Skills, Vocational Training, and Further and Higher Education
…renticeship training for eligible under-25s. Next month, £2,000 will be paid to small employers for each new under-25 apprenticeship. November will see the nationwide rollout of the Government-backed job guarantee placement scheme for long-term unemployed young people. Altogether, all this ramps up and translates into half a million opportunities to earn or learn over the next three years. It is not the full answer, but it is getting closer to the scale of the challenge. But success will not just come from investment, but from effectiveness. We need to strip back misplaced red tape and subst…
- MMT-consistent idea: Job guarantee
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Premier League paradox: midfielders are more and more expensive, yet more and more mediocre
…e league, who have been there, done that and taken the tactical yellow card. Manchester United have added Andrey Santos, Carlos Baleba and Youri Tielemans in an otherwise quiet summer. Tottenham have maxed out the credit card to bring in Sandro Tonali (£92.5m,) and Mateus Fernandes (£85m). In which context Arsenal’s purchase of Bruno Guimarães for £75m feels like a kind of weird bargain, the £4.50 pack of special offer supermarket butter. Nevertheless, these are sums that in almost any other Premier League summer would have drawn audible gasps, that would at the very least have been attached…
- Opposing frame: Maxed-out credit card
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Rural Upper-tier Local Authorities
…funding per head in Shropshire. It is projected to fall well below 90% of 2024 funding by 2028, while the national average is set to rise to around 118%. The exceptional financial support provided to balance the books bears interest and must be paid back; it worsens prospects for the future, and for a considerable time. Under the Government’s new devolution plans, there is a risk that the gap between mayoral and non-mayoral authorities could increase further. During the Prime Minister’s statement yesterday, I asked him about the importance of power and resourcing being made available to all…
- Opposing frame: Household budget