What a budget: Philip Hammond said he would consider measures to tackle the growth in the use of plastics during the budget and yet this
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Hammond quits: the speech he should make today
This is the speech that Philip Hammond should make to the Commons today: As you have just heard, I have been called to speak as
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Rarely has a man been told to lie so profusely about a future that he knows nothing about than Philip Hammond has been asked to do today
I have no choice but think about what the Budget may, or may not bring: I will be live on Radio 2 at 1.30pm today
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Hammond finds his answers in attacking his party’s supporters
There are a lot of rumours floating that this is Philip Hammond’s last budget. This could be because May won’t make it for a lot
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If you tax the rich they don’t move: they just pay
One of the classic claims of the wealthy, and their friends on both the political right and in the tax abuse industry, is that if
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The chancellor must end austerity now – it is punishing an entire generation
I co-signed this letter published in the Guardian this morning: Seven years of austerity has destroyed lives. An estimated 30,000 excess deaths can be linked
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What I want for the Budget part 2: Some real wealth taxation in the UK
I have already noted some tax reforms I would wish for this morning. This is in anticipation of this week’s budget. Calls for technical reform though
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What I want for the Budget part 1: Some effective tax reforms to create tax justice in the UK
Budget week is coming. Following the Paradise Papers there will be hopes that more might be announced on steps to be taken to beat tax
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Brave New Europe
I am aware that this is not the only blog on the web and that, exciting as I think some of its content might be,
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