I saw claims published yesterday that national insurance is not regressive. I have to say that I disagree. Based on the analysis I have done
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Charging national insurance at 12% on all employees, including those earning over £50,000 a year, could raise £14 billion of extra tax a year
I have been asked how much additional national insurance might be due in the UK as a whole in each year if all earnings were
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If the tax rates on wealth and wealth increases were the same as those on income the UK might collect more than £170 billion of extra tax a year
I wrote the blog post that follows this introduction in April 2020. I was anticipating the fact that there would be a furious debate when
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What can be done about tax havens?
In the first four videos in this series on tax havens I have explored how they work, what they abuse, and why that abuse should
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Sunak’s class warfare – in the Mirror
My argument that national insurance should not be used to fund inreased spending on social care made it to The Mirrior this morning: You can
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Positive Money and the Bank of England are completely wrong to support the idea of a central bank digital currency for the UK
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
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
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?
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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