The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons has just (9am) published a consensus, all party, report suggesting that it would be catastrophic if
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It’s time to borrow Mr Hammond
The FT would seem to have an important message in its pages for the UK Chancellor this morning. As they note: The UK bond market
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Brexiteers: driving us to hell in a handcart on the basis of unsound reasoning
I got a note from someone who I have known for a long time yesterday. He was writing in response to my suggestion, also made
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This amused me
Stamp duty cuts for first time buyers: the evidence
As I have already noted this morning, rumours are circulating that Philip Hammond is considering a stamp duty cut for first time buyers of houses
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Stamp duty cuts don’t work: they just increase house prices
According to the FT this morning: UK chancellor Philip Hammond is drawing up plans to help first-time buyers in his Budget later this month, in
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The political crisis we face is of gargantuan scale
I spent time over the weekend with some of my oldest friends. We’ve known each other so long our narratives are well known to each
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Too good on Trump’s tax plan not to share
Support for the Green New Deal from the Labour Party
Jack James has advised me that this motion was passed at the Labour Party North West Regional Conference last weekend: Conference welcomes the manifesto promise
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