2020 February 24

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There’s no surprise that the Institute of Economic Affairs wants the UK to be a tax haven: it fits with their agenda of destroying fair markets

Posted on February 24 2020

I could not help but be amused by this juxtaposition in The Times this morning: I presume KPMG did not ask to be associated with
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Tackling the housing crisis

Posted on February 24 2020

I have just noticed that a letter I was a signatory to was published in The Observer yesterday: Tackling the housing crisis Polly Neate is right
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The chance of a global downturn is growing

Posted on February 24 2020

There is nothing like fear to spook markets. And the closer fear is to home the bigger the spook potential. That’s why Coronavirus has now
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We could take action now to deliver climate change accounting

Posted on February 24 2020

There is a damning indictment of the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation this morning in the FT. Discussing the need to address climate change reporting, George
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Pension and ISA funding of the Green New Deal has to be amongst the Chancellor’s budget proposals

Posted on February 24 2020

I have already suggested that the new Chancellor should abandon any pretence that there should be a fiscal rule when presenting UK’s budget on March
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There is no point in further fiscal rules when the only objective we should have is full employment at low inflation

Posted on February 24 2020

The financial media is moving into pre-budget comment mode this morning. According to the FT: Rishi Sunak will have to raise taxes, bend his fiscal
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