2014 April 16

Let’s say it very clearly: of the 239,000 new ‘jobs’ last quarter just 19,000 were full time employments

Posted on April 16 2014

The headline employment data today looks good. 239,000 new jobs. However, self-employment accounted for 146,000 of the increase. But as I have shown, firstly no
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Local authority bonds could deliver the Green New Deal

Posted on April 16 2014

As some will know, I have been advocating the use of local government bonds to fund local Green New Deals for as long as I
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Starbucks: another exercise in tax avoidance, this time deliberately promoted by George Osborne

Posted on April 16 2014

According to Reuters: Starbucks Corp said it decided to move its European headquarters to the United Kingdom from the Netherlands following criticism over its low tax
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More on corporation tax as a tax on transactions – and the opportunities it gives to design a better tax system

Posted on April 16 2014

I wrote a blog yesterday suggesting that despite the impression given by law and practice direct taxes, such as corporation tax, are not in fact
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