2020 May 19

Nordic Tax Research Council’s article prize 2020

Posted on May 19 2020

This was formally announced this morning: Nordic Tax Research Council’s article prize 2020 Nordic Tax Research Council has awarded its 2020 article prize to Professor
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Question of the day: why is it that the Treasury is so unkeen on us knowing about the tax affairs of large UK companies?

Posted on May 19 2020

The Bank of England issued a press release this morning saying that new conditions have been attached to their coronavirus crisis funding facility (CCFF). As
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Why discussion of tax increases at this moment is so utterly unnecessary

Posted on May 19 2020

There is something very strange going on in UK political discussion at present. As The Observer noted at the weekend, right-wing think tanks have all
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We are facing the most almighty unemployment and only a Green New Deal can solve it

Posted on May 19 2020

The FT reported yesterday that one in five UK employers plan to make redundancies in the next three months. The TUC is warning of 6
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Meanwhile, there is the economic fallout of Brexit to deal with

Posted on May 19 2020

As the FT noted yesterday: The pound is the worst-performing major currency this month, as renewed concerns about a no-deal Brexit combine with talk of
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The media has a duty to make sure that people are talking sense when it publishes articles on the economic impacts of coronavirus

Posted on May 19 2020

I had my attention drawn yesterday to an article by someone called Sean O’Grady in The Independent. I admit I do not know who they
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