UK government debt has reached its lowest price, in interest terms, ever. This week the government will borrow money at 1%. For all practical purposes
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A Progressive Alliance: an encouraging sign
I can’t be at this event but I like what it is saying and the message it is sending: Details here. Congratulations to those taking
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11.2 million
I admit to being a bit of a geek. That must explain why in the last few minutes I did something I have not ever
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The US has agreed on country-by-country reporting rules for multinational corporations
Some thought that the US would never deliver on country-by-country reporting for tax purposes. The regulations were agreed on 30 June. I stress, this is for
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Will the UK become a bigger tax haven after Brexit?
The UKIP wing of the City of London (and there is such a thing) is hoping that the UK can become even more than a
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The end of the balanced budget ideal?
Almost unnoticed George Osborne abandoned the balanced budget by 2020 plan yesterday. Theresa May made it clear she had no hope of delivering it. As
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If only there was a plan
I have been remiss. I have written about Labour. What about another party seriously impacted by the referendum? I mean, of course, the Conservatives. It
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Today at the FT Festival of Finance
I should be writing today (note to my editor: apologies) but I will be speaking at the FT Festival of Finance on wealth taxation, tax
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This time make it People’s Quantitative Easing
It’s a weird world when Mark Carney seems to be the one person able and willing to act on the UK economy. But we are,
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