2021 September 03

Positive Money and the Bank of England are completely wrong to support the idea of a central bank digital currency for the UK

Posted on September 3 2021

Positive Money has made an appeal asking that people support the idea of a Bank of England central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the UK.
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We are facing gas price increases and inevitable fuel poverty for more people, but that’s only the beginning of the economic woes that this could give rise to

Posted on September 3 2021

As the FT has reported in an email this morning: Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has warned of soaring prices caused by a global supply crunch,
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Sunak’s 1% national insurance charge to fund the NHS is a deliberate, callous and unnecessary move to increase inequality and hardship in the UK

Posted on September 3 2021

There are widespread reports this morning that the Tories are planning at least a one per cent increase in national insurance to fund an increase
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Why are tax havens harmful?

Posted on September 3 2021

In the first three videos in this series on tax havens I explored why tax havens should really be called secrecy jurisdictions, what tax havens
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