Is the Green Book fit for purpose in a climate emergency?
Recommendations from a round table discussion which took place in Autumn 2022. The Green Book, is produced by HM Treasury (HMT), and sets out how to assess public sector projects or policy interventions to ensure that projects give value for money.
Measuring what matters
Emma Dawnay's proposal outlined is that the Green Book is updated to require the key metrics of greenhouse gas emissions to be at the forefront of each and every project appraisal
Basic Income and Sovereign Money: The Alternative to Economic Crisis and Austerity Policy
Crocker makes the proposal that the state should create the money to bridge the gap –debt free– and give it to all citizens. This would solve the problem that the economic system has by handing people a basic income, and at the same time it solves the main argument that it would be too expensive
Another Brexit is Possible
This report considers that the option of remaining in close alignment with the EU is too politically difficult to achieve. Having made this assumption, it argues that the only viable option is building national resilience through more localisation combined with deeper global cooperation.