2020 May 21

The SNP voted with Scottish Tories against country-by-country reporting yesterday: it was not their finest hour

Posted on May 21 2020

The Scottish Parliament debated its second Coronavirus Bill yesterday. It was a heated debate, but I am only concerned with two amendments, which were numbers
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Question of the day: if you were wealthy would you be in favour of more taxes on wealth tax, and why?

Posted on May 21 2020

It’s easy for most people to favour additional taxes on wealth. That is because they will not pay them. But suppose you were wealthy? Would
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Government budgeted income and expenditure 2000 – 2021

Posted on May 21 2020

One of the issues that is becoming very apparent in recent weeks and months is how hungry people coming here are for data and reliable
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Capital gains increase income inequality in the UK: the time to align income tax and capital gains tax rates has arrived

Posted on May 21 2020

As the Guardian has noted this morning: The highest paid 1% of British earners received nearly 17% of all the country’s income ahead of the Covid-19 crisis,
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