During my absence from blogging yesterday the government approved the Rosebank oilfield. Let the stress, this does not mean that this oilfield will now progress.
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Blogging might be sparse today
I am not feeling anything like 100% this morning. I suspect this is a reaction to having had two vaccinations on Monday. My wife (a
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Messing things up is the only world-leading activity left to the UK
Received not long ago from the FT: Andrew Bailey’s policy at the Bank of England is working. He set out to create a recession and
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Reducing the annual exempt amount of capital gains a person might enjoy a year to £1,000 might raise at least £0.4 billion of additional tax
I have this morning published the next in my series of proposals that will together make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. In this note,
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What will the UK do with its internal cimate refugees?
I had to go to the Fenland village of Somersham to get a Covid vaccine yesterday. Why the NHS directed me there, I do not
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People are dying because of the impact of inflation. That is by government choice, and is not a necessity.
The news round is, once again, dominated by small-minded and vindictive petty squabbling this morning, with Suella Braverman in the lead. Meanwhile, in the real
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Increasing the corporation tax rate for the UK’s largest companies could raise £7 billion a year in tax
I have this morning published the next in my series of proposals that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. In this latest note,
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HS2 was always a white elephant
There is apparently no news this morning unless you want to talk about HS2. But even then, there is no news. There is just some
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Inheritance tax has been serving the nation since 1694, and needs to do so for a lot longer
According to a Sunday Times article published last night and now covered by others, including The Observer, Rishi Sunak is considering cutting inheritance tax. Whether
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