2015 December 04

The burden of the financial crisis has fallen on ordinary people, and not the business sector that caused it

Posted on December 4 2015

As the FT has reported this morning: A report from the Paris-based OECD group of mostly wealthy nations also shows that average taxes levied by
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How wrong can they be? The Telegraph (and others) on Oldham

Posted on December 4 2015

If there was one thing that characterised the 2015 general election it was how wrong all forecasts were. It seems nothing has been learned. These
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Now the Financial Reporting Council is realising tax is a risk that needs to be reported

Posted on December 4 2015

I have this week called for the creation of Tax Reporting Standards. The EU Parliament and Labour seem to be like-minded, taking their lead from
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The EU extends QE – but it really should be Climate QE

Posted on December 4 2015

As the FT notes this morning: The European Central Bank pledged to continue its €60bn-a-month bond buying programme for another six months until March 2017
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Oldham honours the memory of Michael Meacher

Posted on December 4 2015

The late Michael Meacher MP was a friend of mine with whom I had the honour to work closely on some issues during the last
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