HMRC is very proud to announce initiatives these days – very small targeted programmes trying to tackle tax evasion in limited sectors in limited areas. The latest was announced here. The
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It’s often presumed that the target of austerity is government deficits. I’m not at all sure I agree. As the FT notes this morning: The Spanish government has announced its fifth
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David Walker, Guardian journalist and co-author with Polly Toynbee of Dogma and Disarray: Cameron at Half-Time has written an article for the Guardian entitled “In defence of
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The openDemocracy website has published a report into the BBC’s coverage of the highly controversial Health and Social Care Act this morning. This 8,000 word
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Jon Cruddas, MP and head of Labour’s policy review, had a good article in the Guardian yesterday. His point is a simple one: as he
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