Neoliberal Myths
Friday, February 10th, 2023Once the Tax Research Glossary is up and running with sufficient entries to make it useful the next issue that I intend to tackle is
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Richard Murphy
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006Richard Murphy (66) was a practising chartered accountant for forty years and is now a political economist. He is Professor of Accounting at Sheffield University
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Scotland’s political problem
Friday, April 26th, 2024The SNP government in Scotland is in trouble. The coalition agreement with the Greens in Scotland (who are a different party to the Greens in
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Rail nationalisation is a welcome step - but only the first step of many Labour will need to take
Thursday, April 25th, 2024Labour has said it plans to renationalise almost all of Britain’s railways. I welcome that. The simple fact that it is willing to acknowledge that
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Jeremy Hunt is a terribly confused man
Thursday, April 18th, 2024Jeremy Hunt is a terribly confused man. The FT has a report on comments he has made on Thames Water this morning. At the heart
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The rich won't quit
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024This YouTube is a further discussion of ‘Colin’ and his threat to quit as a result of tax increases, already discussed in a different way,
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The dividing line between those with just enough income and those who have sufficient to fund the increase in their wealth
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024I was intrigued by a comment made by a person posting on this blog yesterday who claimed to be named Colin. His claim was that
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Why does the average higher rate tax payer get more subsidy for their pension savings each year than anyone on Universal Credit is paid?
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024I published this video on TikTok this morning. As I noted on Twitter: Why does the average higher rate tax payer get more subsidy for
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Poor, petrified, non-doms are terrified that they might have to pay some tax
Saturday, April 13th, 2024The Guardian is reporting this morning that: “People are jumping on planes right now and leaving,” said Nimesh Shah, the chief executive of Blick Rothenberg,
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