The FT notes this morning that: The latest UK economic data has been significantly better than economists expected, suggesting households and companies have been more
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Lessons from history
I rarely mention issues relating to faith on this blog. There is good reason. Like many, I was long ago alienated from the conventional religious
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It’s time for the government to learn that what they call greed does not always work
As the Guardian notes this morning: The government has scrapped its flagship green homes grant scheme, the centrepiece of Boris Johnson’s promise to “build back
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The Covid economic crisis is far from over
I noted in a video that I published yesterday that the biggest economic stress from Covid is yet to come. Businesses reopening at the same
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Alba
I find it slightly odd to make a personal statement on party politics, because I don’t do party politics, but for once I feel it
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How economics ruins economies: the Tax Justice Network podcast, March 2021
In the latest episode of the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast, the Taxcast: Much of the world is run on the basis of economic theories
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HMRC plans to provide a personalised service to offshore tax cheats to avoid having to name them as the criminals that they are
The FT has an article today in which they note that: Tax advisers said HM Revenue & Customs had made a “refreshing shift” away from
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Business is going to need all the help it can get to reopen
Deep down inside me there is the chartered accountant I have been for almost 40 years now. And as an accountant I know that the
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The tax gap is huge, and we would have a fairer tax system and collect more tax if we resourced HMRC properly to address this issue
I was amused to note this on Fox Business news in the USA: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that if the IRS were funded
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