The Guardian has reported: Free economics seminars for the public will be held by Labour across the UK in an attempt to break away from
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A question for all campaigners
I am giving a talk on campaigning at an NGO this afternoon. I always find such things a challenge. What to focus on? How to say
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Oxfam’s message is simple and blunt: if we want to improve most people’s lives we are going in the wrong direction
The Guardian has given coverage this morning to a new Oxfam report, issued to coincide with Davos. That report says that the 62 richest billionaires own
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Looking forward to George Osborne’s budget
It is two months until I expect to be sitting in Jeremy Vine’s studio discussing George Obsorne’s budget minutes after he sits down on March
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Financial power?
It’s just been drawn to my attention that Accountancy Age think I am 35th on the list of people with financial power in the UK,
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If cutting interest tax relief helps release capital for more productive uses, bring it on
The FT has reported that: UK property companies are seeking changes to the proposed implementation of a global agreement to fight tax avoidance that is
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Time to end the carried interest tax break
I was amused by an FT headline this morning that says: Since these two are not natural allies what is it that they doing in
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The threat to democracy begins at home
Philip Stephens notes in the FT this morning that: The anxious chatter in Europe is about an axis of authoritarianism. Poland is becoming the new
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If you’re in the UK don’t be young
A new report on Social Justice in the EU has just been published. The message for the UK is not that good: we’re 13th. But
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