This comment comes from Peter McColl, Common Weal Director of Policy. Common Weal is, of course, based in Scotland. I met Peter recently: This might
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Real wages at 2005 level
Before anyone gets too excited about today’s employment news note this from the Resolution Foundation: Real wages are growing because inflation has fallen. But
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Might we have a radical government?
Last evening’s Leader’s Debate was interesting. As with all my engagement with politics I watched it becauseI live in hope of a better situation for
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David Axelrod’s tax
The Telegraph has reported that: Ed Miliband’s most senior adviser pays no tax on his reported £300,000 earnings in Britain, The Telegraph has learned. David
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What really causes the ‘Laffer effect’?
There has been some recent discussion of the Laffer curve on the blog as a result of reaction to a blog by Jolyon Maugham. As
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There is no way the deficit will be cleared by 2020
I gave a talk to Ipswich Quakers and friends last night and whilst doing so said that there was no chance the UK deficit would
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Seven Conservative claims that Labour should have nailed long ago
This is a guest post by David Cobham, who is professor of economics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. He co-edited the ‘Economic record of the 1997-2010 Labour
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The Green Party and tax
I have looked at the Labour and Tory manifestos and commented on LibDem tax plans. Now it is time to look at the Greens, whose
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Fair Tax Mark in the Green Party Manifesto
This comes from the Green Party Manifesto: I am pleased to see the Fair Tax Mark getting the recognition it deserves. Caroline Lucas has been
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