I was asked this in an email yesterday; the sender knows who they are: You’ve strongly criticised Corbyn’s Labour for not acting, and I’ve supported
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The Institute for Economic Affairs
The Institute for Economic Affairs is supposedly a charity. I have long wondered how. With little regard for democracy; much for tax havens and an
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Does the BBC have the right to close down discussion of the news?
The BBC is a public service broadcaster. It is paid for by taxation (because that is what the licence fee is). Bizarrely, that tax is
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Will Carney break the Bank?
There is plenty of discussion in the financial media this morning on whether or not this will be the week when the Bank of England
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What will stop the Tories tearing the UK to pieces?
I keep feeling as if things cannot get more surreal. And then they do. We already have talk of food and medicine stockpiling in advance of Brexit.
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Why we need a wealth tax
A commentator called Derek Henry suggested I give this site a plug: It’s worth reading. My favourite quote comes from Stephanie Kelton: You don’t tax the
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The wealthiest in the UK are given £27bn a year to subsidise their savings when total welfare payments are just £125bn a year
The Treasury Committee of the House of Commons published the following figure in its recent report on savings, pensions and related issues: There are three
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The EU’s taking the UK to court on failing to operate VAT correctly. It’s hardly surprising they won’t trust us to collect their tax in that case
Indefatigable VAT campaigner Richard Allen has drawn my attention to the following report on VATLive which provides further evidence that the EU is absolutely right to reject the
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UK to adopt new, stricter, anti-money laundering laws
Because I have been away (even if blog activity did not entirely reflect that fact) I have missed a few key events in recent days.
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