I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: There are continuing suggestions in the media that ministers are considering one-off payments to striking workers as
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I recorded this podcast with Craig Dalzell of the CoomonWeal think tank in Scotland yesterday: As they said of it: This week Craig talks to
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I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, is saying today that if nurses get inflation matching pay rises patients
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The Office for National Statistics has just announced new inflation data: The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) rose by 9.2% in
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I have just noticed that I was named as being amongst the 50 most influential people in global tax in 2022 by International Tax Review
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The Guardian has a rather useful write-up of what Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, had to say to the Treasury Committee of
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New data on wages out from the Office for National Statistics this morning suggests that: Growth in average total pay (including bonuses) and regular pay
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For the first time since devolution happened the Westminster government has decided to over-rule legislation passed by the Scottish parliament. The legislation itself is on
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It is indisputable that the UK faces significant economic and social crises. It is also beyond dispute that there are substantial failings in the UK’s
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