Jolyon Maugham is a tax barrister. Despite all rumours to the contrary I know a number of themand get on with most. Jolyon and I
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According to the FT two Labour 'big beasts' have warned Ed Miliband not to talk about 'predatory capitalism. The article says: Ed Miliband has been
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Osborne has announced that the Bank of England is to get the right to cap mortgage loans as a ratio to income. I have no
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I was teased, with good humour, about my predilection for blogging yesterday and as a result I realised that this blog is now celebrating its
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As has been widely reported, the EU is to investigate the application of tax law to specific corporations in Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. I
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As the FT has reported: The world must act to contain the risk of another devastating housing crash, the International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday, as it
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I was amused by the following FT headline this morning:   I have nothing against new rules against market abuse; indeed, I’d welcome them. But
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I note that the Department for Education has defined Britishness. According to the Telegraph: The Department for Education named the “fundamental” values as democracy, rule
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This is the key chart in this morning’s employment statistics: Note that right hand end: there is a sharp downward trend in wage change, which
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