I spent a long time in a discussion of tax yesterday. Now this is not a new experience, but what was interesting was noting the
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A basic income for everyone would solve Osborne’s tax credit problem
I could have been amused by reports that George Osborne was seeking advice from Conservative back benchers on how to resolve the tax credits crisis
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Growth is running at half of last year’s rate
This is easily the best commentary on yesterday’s growth data that I have seen and comes from Geoff Tily at the TUC (whose blog is
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What is austerity?
I am spending much of the day in meetings and seminars, the first being on the subject of austerity. That made me ask the obvious
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HMRC are looking for work at less than the minimum wage
The following is reposted from the London School of Business and Finance website, in the public interest: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are looking for
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Tax credits: where now?
The House of Lords has told the government to think again with regard to tax credits. This raises a host of questions. The first, but
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People’s Quantitative Easing is Plan B
The quiet realisation that the world economy is in trouble is gathering pace. Larry Elliott is talking about it in the Guardian. As he suggests,
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There is no reason for in-work benefit cuts. They are just a matter of choice.
After each budget I have a habit of looking at the Office for Budget Responsibility’s analysis of tax forecasts in table 4.5 of their report , which
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Cameron’s best day, ever, has been and gone
On the day David Cameron gave his speech to the Conservative Party conference this October (the one where I was the butt of his jokes)
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