The SNP led Scottish government has said in a document on ending lockdown today that: The austerity driven response to the 2008 financial crash did
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Local authorities cannot take any of the finncial burden of the coronavirus crisis: that’s all down to Westminster and its power to use direct monetary funding of government spending by central banks
The government has suggested that local authorities should ‘share the financial burden’ of coronavirus with the Westminster government. They have admittedly allocated an additional some
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Unless we think well outside the box the economy is stuck well and truly where we are right now, which is in the doldrums
This tweet summarises the state of play now forecast for the UK economy as of this morning: The collapse in the UK services, manufacturing and
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Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) : The relationship between income, wealth and tax.Â
The Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project suggests that the most important role of tax in a jurisdiction is to shape its society and economy in
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In your eyes
This is an entirely gratuitous post: a post just because I want to do it. Because I like this song and the spirit that it embodies,
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Abandoning universities now would be an act of callous irresponsibility
The FT notes this morning that: The Treasury is resisting calls for a £2bn bailout of UK universities, insisting that they should not be treated
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Question of the day: what could we do with less of after coronavirus?
It’s now commonplace to say nothing will be the same after coronavirus. I suspect those saying that want it to be true. But, if there
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