Interviewed by Robert Peston this morning Theresa May said  the Conservatives have no plans to increase taxes, and claimed Labour had. However, when asked to reiterate
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There is yet more evidence today that Theresa May called an election just before the economy really begins to settle down for tough times. As the
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I had to say goodbye to a friend yesterday. Medicine is not, of course an exact science, but two doctors confirmed my own suspicion that
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It did not take genius to predict that the UK GDP figures just published would be poor. As I have been blogging over the last
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A comment in the Guardian is worth sharing the morning: One EU diplomat said: “I am deeply pessimistic that there will be a positive outcome
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The EU has, wisely in my opinion, agreed that Northern Ireland would be immediately readmitted to EU membership if it were to join a United
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I have come across a curious anomaly in HMRC’s statistics. I am publishing this commentary in the hope that an explanation is available that I
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The US Treasury Secretary has suggested that the US is going to offer companies the biggest cut in their tax rate in that country’s history.
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I am taking part in a conference in the EU parliament marking the anniversary of the Panama Papers today. I am talking about the role
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