I noted this morning that in ‘Britannia Unchained‘ five right wing Tory ‘MPs from he 2010 Tory MP intake argue: It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy. I
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Osborne’s claim that the deficit is down by a quarter is just plain wrong
George Osborne declared today that: The deficit is down by a quarter. This is not true. No, that’s being too kind to George. That’s a lie. Here’s
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George’s new “we’ll pay for the right to fire you with useless shares scheme”
George Osborne announced a new and bizarre scheme during his Tory Party conference speech this morning. The Treasury put it like this: The Chancellor of the
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PCS illuminating the Tories
My friends at PCS were in action last night – illuminating Tory Party HQ: They know there’s a choice: they could tackle the tax gap.
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Vote for the Tax Justice Network to win the European Podcast Award!
The Taxcast, the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast has been nominated for the European Podcast Award. With your vote we can make it as European
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Tory MPs promoting the virtues of theft and tax cheating
I was reading ‘Britannia Unchained’ – the right wing Tory ‘shadow manifesto’ but five of the 2010 Tory MP intake over the weekend. I hated parting
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We should strive against ‘flexible employment’: it is antithetical to being one nation.
John Hully, who writes the Putney Debates blog, wrote an excellent article in response to last week’s debate on personal service companies. He has personal experience of
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Oh dear, the head of tax at the ACCA can’t calculate a tax bill
Chas Roy-Chowdhury, the head of tax at the ACCA is an old sparring partner of mine. The fact that he thinks I’m a far left
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