Richard Murphy

The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 shows that austerity is not needed in the UK. Instead, we can have decent public services employing appropriately paid people, and we can invest in our future. Download it here taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/0…

Renewable energy is by far the cheapest way to meet global energy needs now. It's time to celebrate this, and demand that politicians require all investment be directed its way now. Nothing else makes any sense at all. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07/2…

The government wants to force yet more people to save in stock market-based pensions that are bound to fail because changing demographics guarantee that will happen. It's time to rethink the whole nature of pensions instead. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07/2…

What happens in a financial crash – and why it matters youtu.be/RRDSHAjgJPQ?si… Crashes don’t just happen. They build, and then they tip. In this video, I explain what causes a financial crash, why we’re facing one now, and why only government – not markets – can save us from the…

We could nationalise water for £20 – here’s how youtu.be/tnqPZNNx_rY?si… English water companies are financially broken. So why is Labour ruling out nationalisation? They say it would cost too much. That's wrong. It could cost less than a round of drinks.

Extraordinary scenes in the Commons tonight as Tory MP @kitmalthouse correctly accuses UK foreign secretary David Lammy of complicity in Israel’s crimes and warns him that he could end up in The Hague

If the situation on the ground in Gaza is intolerable to Starmer, he should stop aiding and abetting it. But the RAF is still aiding Israel. He's still sending arms. There are no sanctions. He needs to walk his talk; otherwise, he cheapens his words and appears like a war…

If Lammy is appalled, he should stop the RAF aiding Israel. He should ban exports of arms to Israel. He should impose sanctions on Israel. He doesn't. I don't believe he's appalled. Sorry. But his words don't match his actions. And actions are what count.

The press release that should have been issued on today’s government borrowing figures taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07/2…

Labour's arguments on water nationalisation are wilfully ignorant, stupid or just plain straightforward misrepresentations of the truth. You take your pick. Whatever it is, they're utterly incompetent. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07/2…

The government still insists tax funds government spending – and it doesn’t taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07/2… If the government doesn't understand tax, how can it ever expect to get its economic management right?

The FTSE’s record high reflects universally bad news for humanity taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07/2…

The government spends £80 billion a year encouraging people to save – but saving don’t fund growth, wages or investment. They just prop up banks and financial markets. In this video, I explain the truth about savings, and what we need to do. youtu.be/eVsVHVOwh4E?si…

Richard Murphy: You can’t change the world without upsetting people thenational.scot/politics/25327…

We do not need a new water regulator. We need the nationalisation of water and everyone but this Labour government knows it. theguardian.com/business/2025/…

What we should really tax if we want the rich to pay more youtu.be/Y6dzBpfIli8?si… Taxing the wealthy sounds easy. But what happens when we don’t actually know what they own or what it’s worth?

Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris | Please just read this - it is important. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The true cost of nationalising water is close to nothing. No one pays full price for bust companies. Very often, they go for £1. Why do ministers keep lying, or are they really stupid enough not to know?