The Guardian reports this morning that: The average person will have to save £260,000 over their lifetime to enjoy a basic income in retirement, climbing
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At least one parliament in the UK realises where its duty lies. It’s just a shame it’s not the one at Westminster.Â
As Politics Home has reported: MSPs voted 93-30 not to give legislative content to the EU Withdrawal Bill, which the Government says is essential to prevent
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It should be all over for the Big 4: the corruption of markets has to end
The combined committee report from the House of Commons on the failure of Carillion provides some ‘interesting’ reading this morning. The findings on the company
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The death of interest, inflation and the independent central bank
I have used this chart before, and I do so again without apology. It comes from an IPPR report, but that’s irrelevant to the use
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It’s time for MPs to reject the UK’s failing political leadership and act in the interests of the country as a whole
Jeremey Corbyn has made his Brexit position clear: he wants a hard Brexit and nothing less will do. If reports of a meeting of the Parliamentary
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On the irrelevance of a supposedly independent central bank
Whilst on a train home last night, after an evening discussing macroeconomic policy, it occurred to me that the Bank of England now has as
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Tax and charity are not the same thing
As the Guardian has reported this morning: Just 350 of the 15,600 wealthiest households in Westminster, one of the country’s richest boroughs, have answered the
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Professional chameleons – Why Big 4 smart suits and offices should not be allowed to hide greed & malice
This is a guest post from Professor Atul K. Shah reviewing ‘Beancounters — The Triumph of the Accountants and How they broke Capitalism’ by Richard Brooks,
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The number of companies per head of population in the UK has doubled this century
I am doing a lot of research on companies, corporation tax and the tax gap at present. All is part of what I call ‘day
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