From Polly Toynbee tonight: The cost of the monarchy, though a hundred times the price of the modestly likeable Irish presidency, is counted not in
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Economia is the new magazine of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. I’m not overwhelmed with it, but it’s better than its predecessor.
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George Osborne has announced that he’s U-turned on the cap on charitable donations attracting tax relief for the rich. The cost will be £50 million of tax relief for the rich a year,
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In November 2011 Angel Gurria, the Secretary General of the OECD said something many would think quite extraordinary on the OECD blog. The edited highlights
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I’m on the Jeremy Vine show at 12 today. (UPDATE AT 11.15: No I’m not – I’ve been replaced by Paul Krugman – I guess
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In March 2000 lastminute.com was the last big IPO in the UK before the stock market crashed. Its share price over the next year went
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There’s a fascinating article on the Tax Justice Network blog today on the subject of information exchange for tax purposes. I know that sounds hard to believe, but I mean it:
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My publication of a chart on UK government debt ratios seems to have started some debate. One of the myths is that it is private debt that
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