The FT reports this morning that: George Osborne will proclaim on Thursday that a budget surplus is in sight for the first time since the
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Osborne discovers the multiplier – and gets it badly wrong
According to reports clearly leaked to the right wing press this morning George Osborne will announce a new programme of ‘dynamic tax scoring’ today. According to
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Of course the UK doesn’t really exploit innovation – it just registers it for tax purposes
The Guardian is offering clear messages on the failed direction of UK economy this morning. I’ve already noted one. Here’s another headline: Of course the
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Britain’s busy making a bubble
It’s time for Labour to make a fuss on tax avoidance
Polly Toynbee’s written this in the Guardian this morning: Now is the time for Labour to make a lot more noise on tax avoidance. Osborne
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The tale of the 1% is writ large in the fortunes of the UK’s self-employed people
My report on the incomes of the self-employed in the UK, published this morning, provides a remarkable insight into the differing fortunes of the 1% or
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The fast disappearing income of the UK’s self-employed
A couple of weeks ago I started to prepare what I thought would be a quick blog on the differences between HMRC and ONS data
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Venn diagrams for our times: the Tory view on starting salaries
Less than 1% of tax avoidance will be stopped under the General Anti-Abuse Rule
As the TUC noted this afternoon: The conclusion is based on HMRC data, but also on a report by me on the General Anti-Abuse Rule. As
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