I loved the story in the New York Times this morning saying: The Cato Institute says that Charles Koch’s Republican activism threatens its reputation for
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George Osborne will strip £4 billion from developing countries in his coming budget
Action Aid has issued a press release today saying: Ahead of the most important austerity budget in a generation, the government plans to open up a huge
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Oh dear, the Centre for Policy Studies really need to learn some tax and maths
Ryan Bourne of the Centre for Policy Studies published a rather nasty little blog the other day under the title ‘Rachel Reeves, Jo Swinson and
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Miliband backing Britain
As the FT has reported this morning: Ed Miliband will on Tuesday call for a government-backed “Made in Britain” mark to insert more patriotism into British economic
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Lansley – needing police protection
This was featured on Éoin Clarke’s blog yesterday – and was ignored by the BBC and other major media outlets. What is shows is Andrew Lansley visiting the Royal
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An apology: normal service will resume!
A combination of having no internet connection in my office today (thank BT), doing a recording session with the BBC (for File on 4, Radio
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This isn’t Cameron’s poll tax – it is his salt tax
Reform of the #NHS has been described as Cameron’s poll tax. Having lived through the iniquities of the poll tax – including the fact that
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Tackling tax evasion is to be at the core of EU policy
Europolitics has reported: Where can money be found to boost growth? In conclusions adopted on 2 March, the leaders of the 27 member states refer
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Economic shibboleths: why Corporation tax cuts are insane
Just as the cuckoos herald spring’s arrival in Britain, so the shrill calls for corporate tax cuts signal the imminence of an upcoming Budget. The
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