2020 October 19

Johnson’s negotiating skills have led us to a historic low point

Posted on October 19 2020

This thread from Nicholas Watt, just published on Twitter, is fascinating: Let me do a little speculating. I suspect that the Manchester team entered into
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The UK government has not borrowed anything to pay for the coronavirus crisis – the facts

Posted on October 19 2020

A number of people have asked me for evidence to support my suggestion that the UK government has not borrowed money during the course of
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We are already in chaos, and it’s just going to get worse

Posted on October 19 2020

Three articles that I noted in this morning’s papers suggest the scale of the economic crisis that we are facing. One, in the Financial Times,
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Just 19% of businesses shun the use of tax havens

Posted on October 19 2020

I picked this up from the Fair Tax Mark, and I think it worth sharing. The information comes from this year’s Business In The Community
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HMRC represents the interests of big business, and unsurprisingly they get the best deal from it as a result. The time for that to change has arrived.

Posted on October 19 2020

In my opinion, the tax justice movement in the UK, at least, needs to start addressing some new themes. Those it has been working on
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