Wise words from Neal Lawson of Compass on the ‘Volvo’ plot and Labour leadership: So despite its lazy error about my non-part in Blair’s downfall,
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New on Forbes, my latest blog asks the above question in the context of Southern Cross and the realisation that ‘too big to fail’ encompasses
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Cross-posted, with small amendments, from the Treasure Islands blog. A new report from the IMF (hat tip: Markus Henn) tallies surprisingly closely, at least in part, with
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Only one in three companies in the UK pay tax. It’s likely that up to one in two, at least, should. The rest don’t pay
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As reported in the Guardian this morning, from a poll by AXA: More than half said they wanted the 50% income tax bracket — introduced
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The AXA poll referred to in the Guardian this morning is revealing. Amongst the information it discloses is: More than half of those polled said
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From this morning’s Guardian, by Larry Elliott: The full extent of the squeeze on living standards in Britain has been revealed in a new report
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