A poll commissioned by Prospect, a trade union, on public sector pensions reveals that pubic attitudes to public sector pensions are not quite what the
Read the full article…
Is the UK a democracy whilst Fred Goodwin gets a super injunction and we have our libel laws?
As the Guardian reports very recently: The controversial former bank chief Sir Fred Goodwin is the latest high profile figure to obtain a superinjunction, it
Read the full article…
Careful what you wish for
There’s a lovely article in the Economist under the above title. It’s all about bankers who have moved to Geneva and now want to come
Read the full article…
It’s not public sector pensions that are the problem – the problem is that the state is paying every penny of private pensions
I published this blog last September when The Finance for the Future, in which I am a partner, published its report, Making Pensions Work. Today
Read the full article…
Pension reform is not about pensions – it’s about making privatisation possible
Peter Wilby hits the nail on the head with regard to public sector pension reform in the New Stateman today: The report on public-sector pensions
Read the full article…
Public sector pensions – a response
As economists we are opposed to the public sector pension reforms proposed by this government and Lord Hutton. Public sector pensions are far more efficient
Read the full article…
The incredible Mr Gauke
It seems it’s not just the Tax Journal that has Exchequer Secretary David Gauke under review. Accountancy Age has reported: But perhaps the most controversial
Read the full article…
Office for Tax Simplification adopts Tax Research UK idea
The Office for Tax Simplification has published its first report on simplifying small business tax. I submitted evidence to this review and met the OTS.
Read the full article…
Go on then David Gauke – tell me why
The Tax Journal has been covering the difference of opinion between me and H M Revenue & Customs on the scale of the Tax Gap.
Read the full article…

Buy me a coffee!
