George Osborne talked about interest rate increases in the UK yesterday now that the US has, as he put it, taken the lead. Why has
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John Lewis boss Andy Street asked yesterday whether he was still being forced to compete on an unlevel playing field with the likes of Amazon.
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The following press release was issued by Christian Aid this morning. I warmly welcome what they are doing: A growing number of UK councils are
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It is reliably reported that George Osborne will say later today that: “But the biggest risk is that people think that it’s ‘job done’. Many
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This letter was in the Guardian this morning: The risible inadequacy of the government’s £40m “extra” spending on flood defences (Cameron’s £40m flood money criticised
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A tweet by NHS consultant oncologist Clive Peedell led me to some data on the funding for GP services in the NHS and the demand
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This is from the 2015 HMRC staff survey (click on the image for a bigger version): Overall HMRC only managed a 30% positive rating on
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Yesterday was the day when UK politicians did, at least for the time being, concede that there is no one in charge. David Cameron gave
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This comes straight from the Tax Justice Network, and is far too important not to share, especially in the light of the FCA having turned a
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