As part of Labour’s policy review I have been invited to speak at the following meeting: A One Nation Tax System Monday 29th April 4.30-6pm Committee room 10, House of Commons Speakers: Catherine McKinnell (Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury), Paul Johnson (Director, Institute of Fiscal Studies), Chris Wales (Adviser, PWC),  Richard Murphy (Research Director, Tax Justice Network)
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I've known Neal Lawson, who founded the genuinely left of centre (unlike many that claim that title) think tank Compass for several years now. I'm getting the impression that Neal is getting very fed up with Labour. His piece on immigration in the Guardian today includes a wholly appropriate dismissal of New Labour strategy on
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I’ve juste mentioned the absurd list of panelists invited to the Labour Policy Review meeting on tax, but if anything the meeting on household debt is worse: Monday 13 May How should we deal with household indebtedness? 4.30-6pm Committee room 6 Speakers. Chris Pond (Chairman, Equity Release Council), Mark Lyonette (Chief Executive Association of British
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UPDATE: 11.35 am I have just been asked to speak at this meeting. —————— Labour is planning a ‘One Nation’ tax event. I get sent the details. It says: Monday April 29 A One Nation Tax System 4.30-6pm Committee room 10 Speakers. Catherine McKinnell (Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury), Paul Johnson (Director, Institute of
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Chris Leslie MP, a member of the Labour shadow treasury team, said this in his weekly email to constituents and other interested parties yesterday: The time has come for George Osborne to get serious about a financial transaction tax (an ‘FTT’, also sometimes called a ‘Robin Hood Tax’). If ever there was a time to
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Unite the Union asked me to write their submission to the Labour Party policy review on tax. I’ve now done that and you can get the 28 page submission here. As I said in the summary: Labour knows it needs to raise tax revenues. What this submission makes clear is that this is possible, but that it is
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I was asked if I would go on the BBC News Channel to discuss Ed Miliband’s tax announcements today, but childcare commitments just did not make that possible. However, let me react. First, a Mansion Tax is necessary: property is under-taxed in the UK, especially at the high end. There are problems on valuation, and the reform
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There are days when I despair of the Labour Party. It is the official opposition in the UK. It has a constiution that even after Blair declares it to be committed to democratic socialism. And it has Alan Johnson as a member. One can hope Johnson is part of the death throes of New Labour,
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I noted earlier what Ed Miliband said about tax and corporate transparency on the Andrew Marr show this morning and said that this was a welcome development about which I hoped to learn more. It seems it has not taken long for my wish to be granted because Ed Balls published an article on The Huffington Post this afternoon saying: In
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