The FT has this estimate of the scale of the UK government budget deficit in 2020/21 in the paper today: I think this is a
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There seems to be the most, and quite extraordinary, lack of understanding of modern monetary theory and its interaction with tax in the tax justice
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I’m resting, but others are blogging. This is from Nick Shaxson at the Tax Justice Network, with permission: Could the wealth in tax havens help
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I admit that quite a number of people have written to me over the last few days urging me to slow down and take a
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Rishi Sunak has spoken. And if much of the media is to be believed then we should all be grateful. I do not agree. What
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I am whacked, again, tonight so I have little energy left to cover the support for the self-employed tonight. The more definitive eligibility details of
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This has just been published by Dr Luke Evan MP and must have come from somewhere in authority. I can answer no questions on this:
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This is what is happening in the wheat futures market: Prices are rising because of consumer panic buying and threats to markets, including the closing
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As Politics Home has reported this morning, the government is very upset that banks are not providing the loans to failing businesses that they thought
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