Autumn is really here. Spot the bee: There’s beauty in the inevitable decline of the season: And it was a good morning for raptors. At
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Hunt’s ISA suggestions make no sense, at all.
I have made suggestions for the reform of ISAs this week to reduce the absurd bias towards those with wealth that they enable. In the
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Automatic information exchange works
Over many years, I argued for automatic information exchange of data from tax havens to authorities like HM Revenue & Customs. This means that the
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We need to singe the planet, just a little bit
I share Jonathan Pie videos here, quite often. As clever, in a quite different way, is Rose Holt, with her parody of a Tory MP
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We do need a shake up of sixth-form education
Rishi Sunak has suggested that the A-level curriculum in the UK should be reformed. The implication is that six formers should study a wider range
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AI as a campaigning tool
I gave ChatGPT this instruction this morning: Write a letter to Rishi Sunak, saying that he is wrong to delay proposals for green cars and
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Rachel Reeves has laid out her plan for a nightmare five years of Labour government this morning.
People often tell me that I am wrong about Labour. They say that once it is in office it will deliver everything that I want.
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Reforming the administration of corporation tax in the UK might raise at least £6 billion of tax a year
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, I suggest that
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Political tropes to abolish: ‘working families’
I am so bored of politicians talking about ‘working families’, who it seems are their sole priority. I wonder if they ever worry about single
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