2016 October 28

Why didn’t HMRC try to beat exploitation in the gig economy? Was there a deliberate blind eye turned?

Posted on October 28 2016

I am delighted that it has today been ruled that Uber’s drivers are employees of the company and not self employed contractors. The decision is
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Note to Labour: political opportunities are not bourgeois tricks

Posted on October 28 2016

John Harris in the Guardian this morning refers to: [T]he general cluelessness [of the Labour leadership] that suggests it tends to view glaring political opportunities
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Edinburgh tomorrow

Posted on October 28 2016

I am going to be speaking at this event tomorrow: ‘CREATING A JUST SCOTLAND Transforming our land and taxation policies’ Saturday, 29th October, 10.00 am to
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6

The UK is not exploiting low interest rates to best advantage

Posted on October 28 2016

The FT reports this morning that: Governments have sold a record $49bn of debt with ultra-long maturities this year. This week Austria sold government debt
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Margaret Hodge, Owen Jones and tax avoidance

Posted on October 28 2016

Worth watching: With welcome references to my work on the tax gap and the tax justice narrative.

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What’s really going on with Nissan?

Posted on October 28 2016

There is much coverage of Nissan’s decision to keep car manufacturing in Sunderland in the press this morning. Less noticed is a story by Tom
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Real wages are still down from 2008

Posted on October 28 2016

Geoff Tily at the TUC had some powerful graphs on changes in real wages from 2008 to 2016 yesterday. These address the claim that the
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