2021 June 03

People want corporate transparency on tax – so why don’t governments give it?

Posted on June 3 2021

In 2013 I was one of the co-founders (and originator of the idea for) the Fair Tax Mark, which is now run by the Fair
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Morning thoughts

Posted on June 3 2021

Morning thoughts from my Twitter feed: I might be saying things like this quite a lot for many months to come. Repetition is essential to
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Sunak neednâ€™t have a debt crisis if he simply told the banks he wonâ€™t pay them interest on their deposits with the Bank of England – but heâ€™d rather punish the UKâ€™s children instead

Posted on June 3 2021

I am sharing this press release from an organisation called the Policy Reform Group, of which I admit I know little. The release refers to
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Sunak is claiming he is the grown up in the room. It may be more appropriate to call him the economic sadist in the room.

Posted on June 3 2021

I referred to the resignation of the government’s commissioner for education catch up yesterday. I suggested that the government really does not care about children.
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The Green New Deal for the UKâ€™s housing stock could create 500,000 new jobs, and is deliverable. What is more, paying for it is easy.

Posted on June 3 2021

Colin Hines and I have been calling for a retrofit green insulation and generation programme for the 28 million houses in the UK for longer
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