Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England gave a speech at the TUC on Thursday. I was not there, but it was noticed widely
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The Fair Tax Mark view of Crichowell
The following comes from the Fair Tax Mark blog, where it was not written by me (for the record): The media is buzzing with news that
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HMRC office closures will be devastating
The following comes from the PCS union blog and I reproduce it because I think it right and am happy to support that union’s demands
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Jersey is the breeding ground for inequality
I have long argued that tax havens are bad for the world: they are used as the deliberate launchpad for attacks on the right of
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Are we facing the madness of King George, or just his dogmatic divisiveness?
I had a conversation a couple of days ago with a person who asked if I would be of service to the current government, if
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Does George Osborne just make stuff up?
I am working on some data at present in anticipation of the spending review. In the course of doing so I have been looking at
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No way to run a tax system
As the Mirror (and others) report this morning: HM Revenue & Customs is to close all 170 of its offices across the country in favour
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Tax cutting has run out of road
The FT carries the most interesting article I have found in the media this morning. It starts by saying: The Republican party’s raison d’être is
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Crickhowell is not good protest, it is just poor television
There was a lot of publicity yesterday about a new BBC documentary on the Welsh town of Crickhowel opposing tax haven abuse by way of
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