I was in discussion with a  group of economist yesterday. Left of centre economist, but all the better for it. We agreed there was a
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  It irritates me that people don’t appreciate what tax does for them. So I’m going to write about what tax does for me. And
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Tim Worstall made it a new year’s resolution this year to seek to annoy me. It’s pretty sad that anyone could make it a goal
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Left Foot Forward has reported that Ed Miliband has written to Nick Clegg saying: During the election campaign you made much of the Liberal Democrat
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This article by me has just been published on Comment is Free: We have a financial crisis in the UK. It was not caused by
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The Conservatives do really know how to slip over tax avoidance banana skins. First this morning they get Dave Hartnett of HMRC to tell Nick
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The FT has reported: Revenue & Customs will adopt a less combative approach to resolving tax disputes with businesses in a move designed to cut
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The FT says this morning: Richard Murphy, a tax campaigner who has influenced Liberal Democrat thinking on avoidance, said the tax planning arrangements used by
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On Tuesday I wrote a brief note about Barclays being fined for breaches of US sanctions legislation. I asked a simple question: Does banking have
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