My old friend, Prem (Lord) Sikka said this in the House of Lords yesterday when discussing the Autumn Statement. I think the whole section of
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If we are to save human life on earth we need to tax the wealthy a great deal more
As George Monbiot asks in the Guardian this morning: Why are billionaires blocking action to save the planet? It’s obscene that the super-rich can criminalise
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Why is the OECD so sure that interest rates need to stay high?
As the FT reported last night: The OECD today delivered a gloomy outlook for the global economy, highlighting sticky inflation, a softening of growth, slower
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Reforming the conditions attached to pension tax relief could release £35 billion a year for investment in a UK Green New Deal
I have this morning published the latest note in my series that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. This latest note refers to a
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Labour is not unassailable
Amongst the many false assumptions that Labour is working on would seem to be the one that suggests that it will sweep back to office
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