I am struggling with an article by Keith Brown MSP in The National this morning. In it he argues: This week’s GERS figures show that
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To continue my series on tax reforms to challenge inequality in the UK, the next suggestion is another obvious one, and overdue to be tackled.
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I have noted that Bernie Sanders has launched his version of the Green New Deal. I do, of course, welcome that. We need a Green
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I noted a comment from Tesco yesterday. They are apparently going to review packaging in their supply chains. As CEO Dave Lewis told the Guardian: We
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I keep hearing the argument that MPs voted for Article 50 and so they are responsible for the mess we’re in. There is some element
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There were 19,936 reads of this blog yesterday, the tenth highest ever. If you want to know what that means it says that people in
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The UK has a complex tax system. Very large parts of it appear to be designed solely to assist the wealthy pay less tax. The
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I have already commented on the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement, issued today. What the statement suggests is that Scotland ran a deficit on
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I have had the GERS data for fifteen minutes when starting to write this. Don’t expect miracles as yet. But Table 1 told me most
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