According to the FT this morning: UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is being urged to summon his inner Kitchener at the Autumn Statement this week, reforming
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The reform of the use of ISA funds could result in the saving of at least £3.7 billion of tax subsidies a year
I have this morning published the latest note in my series that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. This latest note deals with problems
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We need to tax the wealthiest more if we are to to tackle climate change
The Guardian reports this morning that: The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for
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If you assume there is no role for government in solving the problems that we now face as a country, stagnation is what you will get
The FT has a long read today that has the title: This, of course, is not true. There is money in the UK. National financial
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How to turn 20% into 16%: Jeremy Hunt could cut inheritance tax and gift the election to Labour
On LBC tonight. Apologies to those who cannot access Twitter. "The Tories are at around 20% support. If he wants to turn it into 16,
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LBC this evening
If anyone is interested, I am discussing the week ahead on LBC Radio at 7 pm today with Rachel Johnson, who is, of course, the
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Moody
The East Anglian sky was pretty moody over the reedbeds near midday today: Despite the looming threat there were good birds arounnd, inbcluding low flying
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This week’s budget will be yet another exercise in avoiding the macroeconomic transformation that we need to take our economy forward
This is the weekend when there is endless speculation about what might happen in the budget. The discussion is of tax cuts, incentives to be
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Why a cut in inheritance tax makes no sense and why cutting income tax does
I posted this thread on what I still refer to as Twitter, this morning: Of all the taxes in the UK that Jeremy Hunt could
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