The fact that two members of the Monetary Policy Committee thought it appropriate to vote for interest rate rises now in the UK is, to
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Why is the tax profession so intent on making excuses for abuse?
I note that the UK’s Chartered Institute of Taxation have issued a press release that says in response to yesterday’s publication by the government of
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The NHS and private medical care do not mix. Why isn’t that obvious?
Time and again we have been told that the presence of private health care in NHS hospitals was an issue about which we should have
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Adam Posen is right: the unemployed come first
US economist Adam Posen has an article I recommend reading in the FT this morning (and you can read 30 articles a month, free). The headlines
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Banking corruption: more of the same. When will it end?
Another day, and more banking scandals. PWC amended a report to US regulators to hide their banking client’s abuse of US sanctions. They have been
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Inspiration
Sometimes one has to leave the keyboard behind and get a bit of inspiration. This is my eldest son, our dog and Brancaster beach, north
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That old socialist, Adam Smith
Having offered one quote from Adam Smith’s ‘Theory of Moral Sentiments’ of 1759 yesterday I thought another might be in order: When the happiness or
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Is that what the ICAEW meant?
I was amused by this in an email this morning: I know Google are tax experts, but the sort you want to hang out with?
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Forget the problems of monetary union – it’s tax union that matters with Scotland
Much of the discussion on Scottish independence has focused on the future of the pound. I am not going to decry the importance of money:
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