From Twitter: Alan Rusbridger is a former Guardian editor.
Credit cards are being stretched in the UK as consumers can’t make ends meet
Some highlights from this morning’s report from the Bank of England on borrowing trends in April: Net mortgage borrowing fell from £6.4 billion to £4.1
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The government’s approach to audit reform is half-hearted at best
The government has, at long last, published its planned approach to audit reform. The proposals are watered down from the inadequate suggestions first made by
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The likelihood is that the disaster that is Johnson’s premiership will be inflicted on us for a while longer yet
Boris Johnson has at least three problems this morning. First, he does not know what he is for, apart from holding the position of prime
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Can EY really split off its audit division if no one else does? I doubt it
Those who follow accountancy will have noticed the news that emerged at the end of last week that EY (or Ernst & Young, as it
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There is a magic money tree right at the heart of the UK government, mandated by law and in operation since 1866, at least
This paper was published last week: The paper has the following abstract: This paper constitutes a first detailed institutional analysis of the UK Government’s expenditure,
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Literally nothing could be further from what we need than this government’s economic policy at this moment
The Baltic Dry Index has begun to fall: So what, you might ask? The answer is that this is what happens before recessions: The pattern
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HM Revenue & Customs really do not want to collect tax from the wealthy
I campaigned for automatic information exchange from tax havens for a long time. Perhaps my most important paper on the issue was published in 2009.
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New money is part of the solution to our problems
My Finance for the Future colleague, Colin Hines, has this letter in the FT today: Dear Sir, Your editorial (Ministers should be clear: there are
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