‘U STOP Poverty — How Many Multinationals are Keeping the Poor, Poor’ on Thursday 9 February, 7.30 pm — 9.00 pm is part of a series of events
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Nigel Lawson – an exercise in wantonness
I often think Nigel Lawson lives on a different planet to the rest of us. He wrote this in the FT this morning: Capitalism works
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Stop corporation tax relief on high pay
The TUC has published a new report this morning called Bonus Season. The summary says: Ending corporation tax relief for pay and bonuses worth more than 10
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There’s no point HMRC saying they’ll penalise people when they don’t
The news was full of the story that 1 million people will pay £100 fines for submitting their tax returns late yesterday. Except they won’t.
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How to tackle the crisis in small business taxation
This weeks ‘scandal’ at the Student Loan Company, where a director who appears to be an employee has been paid through a personal service company
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How did HMRC approve the Student Loan Company deal?
People wonder how HMRC don’t spot tax avoidance
People are wondering how HMRC haven’t spotted the tax avoidance at the Student Loan Company. Let me explain why. It’s because HMRC deny there is such a
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Part 2 of the Renegade Economist interview
Farewell to a friend
I’ll be spending much of today at the funeral of my oldest friend. I mean oldest because Jack Ray was 95 when he died, and
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