In this special extended edition of the May 2019 Taxcast from the Tax Justice Network we go to Preston in the North of England to
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The UN’s report on workhouse Britain
Due to the pressure of other work commitments I have not noted the report to the UN by Philip Alston, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on
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There is only one thing on today’s agenda: please vote
What else can I say? It’s been hard to claim European elections were that important in the past, although I have never missed one. Today
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England is heading for a long dark night in its political history
I know it’s an opinion poll. I know it’s the European elections. I know these things can be wrong. I know that it’s YouGov. I
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Yesterday’s fine for bad accounting goes to KPMG
As the FT has reported: British regulators have called for KPMG to be fined at least a record £12.5m for misconduct in its work for
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The FT thinks the time for Green government bonds has arrived – and they’re right
My recent suggestion that fund managers wanted the government to issue green bonds in response to investor demand received short shrift from someone who, I
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Growth, MMT and the Green New Deal
I debated with Rupert Read at Norwich Quaker Meeting House last night. The event was largely motivated by Rupert’s concern that if people believed modern
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How the D’Hondt EU voting system works – and how to work it
The Cowardly State
Having written about UK-scepticism this morning, and its causes, I thought it worth rolling out again my description of the state that we live in
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