Robert Skidelsky and Felix Martin call for the creation of a National Investment Bank in the FT this morning. Call it the mechanism to fund
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The big issue in the Budget is growth
I’ll be in Radio 2 on Wednesday talking about the budget. It’s always slightly challenging to talk straight after the Chancellor has sat down because
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War
Tornado jets landed at RAF Marham a few minutes ago. I live on the flight path. They never fly on Sunday night. But this is
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Banks – sneaky thieves
Just when banks thought they might be getting away with things again along comes a new line of attack. There has been massive speculation in
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Has Labour got it on the Tax Gap?
This comes from the Left Foot Forward blog, shamelessly borrowed, I’m afraid: Ed Balls, speaking at the Unions 21 conference this morning, said that George
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Channel Islands VAT abuse is killing business in the UK
This letter was published in the Guernsey Press today (but I can;t find a link as yet) Dear Sir In your article “becoming a target
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Comments – or the lack of them
Today, like many other days of late, has seen a few individuals post large numbers of comments on the blog, many of them demanding answers,
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The Lords debate the Tax and Financial Transparency Bill
This exchange took place in the Lords yesterday (and I have edited to highlight the relevant sections): Lord Haskel (Labour) Caroline Lucas MP is today
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When will HMRC stop digging the hole and do the job it’s meant to do?
Private Eye has been digging into the affairs of multinational corporations again. And what it’s now dug up is quite a shocker. We will let
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