I share this from Church Action of Tax Justice, with whom I have long cooperated: Council Tax hits the poorest the most. It could be
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Northern Ireland’s food shortages and English indifference
There were news reports yesterday that Northern Ireland is facing food shortages because hauliers and their customers do not appreciate, or believe, that there is
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Will the Democrats deliver a Green New Deal?
Amongst news of the attempted Trump coup in the USA yesterday came two other pieces of news of significance. One was the win by two
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Covid in three minutes
This comment, from Dr Rachel Clarke, who is a frontline Covid doctor in Oxford, made on BBC Question Time last night was simply brilliant: “We’ve
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The economy after coronavirus
The government has learned to use QE to fund the coronavirus crisis, which is all well and good except for the fact that there are
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The head of state is leading a coup in the USA, but don’t rule out that it could happen here
I am sitting watching the BBC News Channel at 8.25 on Wednesday evening. And what is happening as I watch is an attempted coup in
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On blogging
By and large I enjoy blogging. I rather strongly suspect I would not have done it for the last 14 years if I did not.
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The UK’s new VAT system on imports has not the slightest chance of working – and keeps honest traders out of the country
The Byline Times is amongst many media organisations reporting one of the most crass consequences of Brexit, so far. As they note (and the whole
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The tax profession is being disingenuous about the risks of tax abuse after Brexit when the UK is being set up to be a new tax haven
I noted very recently that the UK’s commitments on tax abuse in its agreement with the EU were weak, and then noted that minutes after
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