What Cameron really meant at the last election: Thanks to False Economy for that one!
The OBR say the UK – Swiss tax deal is full of holes
Fascinating commentary in the Office for Budget Responsibility Autumn Statement report on the UK- Switzerland tax deal. They say (page 118): The UK-Switzerland tax deal announced
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State employees have to now pay for pensions that others get by right
Today is a day of national strikes by public sector employees over their pension rights. The average public sector pensioner gets a pension of £5,600 (median). The average pension of
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It’s class war – declared by Osborne
That’s what Polly Toynbee says today: Class war, generation war, war against women, war between the regions: George Osborne’s autumn statement blatantly declares itself for the
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The Eva Joly Institute
Eva Joly is an amazing woman who I am proud to call a friend. As a result of her work in Iceland after its catastrophic
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Let’s state the obvious
I feel a comment on yesterday’s fiasco from Osborne is essential, and yet wonder what there is to add. His plan is failing and what can I
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Small business policy – from Osborne, from the centre and from me
It’s a day when people are going to try to claim a vision for small business. According to the Guardian Osborne has a vision for small business.
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If Osborne was right markets should be pushing UK interest rates upo strongly today – but they won’t
George Osborne has said since before coming into office that beating the deficit and curtailing debt is vital. Today he will admit he’s going to
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A Courageous State would deliver a pension fund worthy of the name
John Harris, writing in the Guardian, has reviewed George Osborne’s infrastructure plan for the UK and found it wanting. He did find an alternative. As
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