I have already noted this morning that 17 NHOs have combined to call on the government to introduce a Tax Dodging Bill within 100 days of the
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When lawyers aren’t too sure about law enforcement
I referred yesterday to the press release issued by law firm Pinsent Masons that suggested HMRC had increased its tax recovery from affluent people by
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We mustn’t “frighten the marketsâ€
Trust the FT to deliver the goods on Greece. Today they carry this article: What else the article says beyond the headline does not really matter
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The 200 day challenge to beat tax dodging
The following press release was issued by Christian Aid overnight. I am pleased to support their call: Tougher tax legislation could bring in billions of
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Bill Keegan on Mr Osborne’s Experiment
The publisher of The Courageous State has advised me of an event being held tomorrow that looks like it may be good enough to drag me
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The real challenge facing Syriza is beating tax abuse
The focus of much comment resulting from Syriza’s win in the Greek general election will the EU and debt. That’s important of course. It’s equally
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It’s Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that can deliver the New Deal we need
I have written rather a lot about the Green New Deal, and the standard response of commentators is “so what, you’re not going to get
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HMRC is failing to collect tax from the very wealthiest in the UK
Pinsent Masons, the lawyers who double as HMRC’s PR agency, have issued a press release this morning (no link as yet, sorry) saying: The amount
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The world knows how to prevent stagnation. But has it got leaders willing to make the choice?
My Green New Deal colleague, Larry Elliott, who also is economics editor of the Guardian (which I suspect he would consider the more important of
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