2020 May 13

Understanding money: resources from the web. A new Tax Research wiki page

Posted on May 13 2020

Peter May has been assembling a page on the Tax Research wiki on resources on understanding money based on resources from the web: The page
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We need a National Wealth Service

Posted on May 13 2020

I really did mean to write the headline of this piece. For once, I have not misspelt. I think that the time has come for
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If the Treasury view prevails we will be back in the 1930s – which is precisely why their ‘balanced budget’ demands must be rejected

Posted on May 13 2020

As the Financial Times has noted this morning: Ministers will have to raise taxes sharply in the coming months to deal with an estimated £337bn
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The second wave is coming – but not before Johnson will declare victory

Posted on May 13 2020

I have been reliably assured that for the next two weeks we are going to have good news on Covid 19 deaths. And better news
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I said that the government had to put people before wealth in this crisis. It’s now clear that they are going to put wealth first.

Posted on May 13 2020

A week or so ago I wrote a blog with this title: People and jobs? Or wealth? The government has to decide which to prioritise,
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The Official Receiver has to get the case against KPMG on Carillion right

Posted on May 13 2020

The Financial Times has reported that: The UK agency tasked with unwinding Carillion is preparing to sue KPMG for £250m over alleged negligence in its
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Where are we going from here? My talk to Ely Cathedral Business Group yesterday

Posted on May 13 2020

Having been talking in an OECD conference during the dayI moved on to talk to the Ely Cathedral Business Group (of which I was a
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