Oxfam have a powerful new report out this morning. Called ‘Working for the few’ the summary is as follows: In November 2013, the World Economic
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Is giving away the UK’s revenue from tracking taxes unfair state aid?
I noted recently the UK’s inadequate tax response to energy issues, having frittered the revenues of North Sea oil away, and now planning to forsake
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Chinese conundrums
I couldn’t help noticing this contract in an email from the FT this morning: The idea that economies can cool whilst house prices rise may
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Three things missing from Ed Miliband’s speech on banking
The following blog was posted by the New Economics Foundation on its website today in response to Ed Miliband’s speech on banking. I thought it
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Why is Volker Becker of Npower on the board of HMRC?
The Mirror reports this morning that: A fatcat who helped energy firm Npower’s owners avoid millions of pounds in tax now sits on the board of HM
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Why Miliband is right to go for the banks
If you want to know why Miliband is right to go for the banks this headline, referring to an article by Philip Stephens in the
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The pundit and lone voice
Because they had quoted me I looked at the Accountancy Age website this morning and then noticed I was in their Financial Power List for
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If most are to have a chance the next election has to be different
A few days ago I published a tweet suggesting that if the next election was to make a difference then the campaign had to be
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Take deflation seriously: it has the power to derail almost any economy
At the age of 55 I have never lived in an economy facing deflation. I have only known inflation. And I have only known the
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