Deloitte UK has produced this video on respect and inclusion: I am all for respect and inclusion but in that case I have questions for
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3 million new apprenticeships? Really?
The Budget report says the government will: introduc[e] a levy on large employers to fund 3 million new, high quality apprenticeships this Parliament Now I
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Where does £5 billion of tax savings from beating avoidance and evasion come from?
This, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility, is where a little over £5 billion of savings from tackling tax avoidance and evasion come from over
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The plan to make the UK a tax haven continues
I have long argued that George Osborne and the Conservatives have had the aim of making the UK a tax haven. Even the FT agrees
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George Osborne’s planned budget surplus requires some heroic and wholly implausible assumptions
As I have long explained, if the government is to run a surplus within the economy somebody else has to borrow. That’s basic double entry
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Jeremy Corbyn renames Green QE as People’s QE – but that’s fine by me
This was in the Huffington Post yesterday: Large parts of our country have been neglected for more decades, with no real industrial strategy. Our national
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George Osborne’s £27.8 billion give away to business
After each budget I have a habit of looking at how the forecast changes in tax revenues for each major tax over the next few
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Is there any real new investment in HMRC? I’m not convinced
This press release was issued by the Association for Revenue & Customs, the union that represents the tope grade of staff at HMRC this afternoon:
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The EU Parliament votes for public country-by-country reporting
This press release wasa put out by several NGOs campaigning for country-by-country reporting an hour or so ago: Today, the European Parliament voted in favour
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