The OECD has just published new data on trends in tax revenues in 2017. This is how the countries stand (click for a larger image and
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As The Guardian reports this morning: KPMG, the auditing firm that gave Carillion a clean bill of health, has reported a leap in profits that
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This comes from a Guardian email this morning. I am unapologetic for sharing it in full: Journalism faces greater danger than at any point in
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I do not claim to be a student of parliamentary history. But I am aware of the norms of my lifetime. And by that standard
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France has agreed to suspend its fuel tax increases. Protest has delivered change. But let’s not forget what this tax was supposed to do. It
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John Lichfield has a powerful piece on the weekend’s Paris riots in the Guardian this morning. I do not apologise for quoting two paragraphs. The
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I was unaware of the existence of the Army’s 77th Brigade until this morning. I suspect others are too. This is well worth reading in
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According to the FT: France and Germany have abandoned EU plans to impose a wide-ranging digital tax on tech companies, in favour of a narrow
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