As the FT has reported this morning: Cash-strapped UK local authorities are to group together for the first time to raise hundreds of million of
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A welcome first: credit card debt fell last month, for the first time since they’ve been in use
As the Guardian has reported this morning: UK consumers’ credit card debt fell in annual terms for the first time since the Bank of England
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Question of the day: should we have an investment income surcharge
As part of the Tax After Coronavirus (TACs) project I suggested yesterday that there should be an investment income surcharge of 15% on incomes for
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Something has gone very wrong in the NHS in England
David Spiegelhalter had an article in the Guardian yesterday in which he claimed we should not compare international variation in death rates from coronavirus as
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We expect a new financial settlement: nothing else will do
I very much liked this letter in the FT this morning, from a tax justice colleague: It was good to see the FT endorse bailout
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Donations: an update
I wrote about the new donations box on this blog yesterday, but had to say that at that time it was not live. Getting it
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Grant Shapps: a minister without any sense of responsibility
The Guardian has noted that: The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, promised EasyJet that green taxes would not be levied on airlines six months before the company
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Here at Homerton Hospital
This was recommended by DunGroanin, who is a regular commentator on the blog, in the comments section this morning. I checked the link (I almost
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