I suggested lasr Thursday that there would be resignations and was quite surprised to find that by Saturday morning there were none. But I just
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How to make sure that the next Global Financial Crisis does not go to waste
Every now and again a comment turns up on the blog that I hang on to because I feel unable to answer it at the
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The EU will say no to May’s fraudster’s charter
According to the Guardian: May’s principal aim is to finally get agreement on the knotty issue of customs, solving the problem of the Irish border.
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The investigation of 839 offshore tax cheats proves that change is possible
In 2005 I wrote this with John Christensen: Automatic information exchange between countries would go a long way towards tackling the culture of tax evasion and
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Who will have quit the Cabinet by Monday?Â
Tomorrow is the day when May has to decide. The can is surely running out of road. By Saturday morning she has to be able
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Where should the UK’s internal land border be? Is it Carlisle and Berwick?
I have very little confidence that the Cabinet will resolve its Brexit differences tomorrow. I, candidly, have very little confidence that it ever will. And, as
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A cheer for Amyas Morse and the role of truth and honesty in British politics
I don’t always cheer for former PWC partners: that I admit. But I did for Amyas Morse, who is now the head of the National
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In the surreal world of current politics ignoring the fact that Brexit was won by cheating is as close to absurd as it gets
I’ve known Jolyon Maugham for a while. We worked together on tax policy before the 2015 general election. The debate on domicile that was one
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Ignore what the Gini coefficient says: real inequality is growing and people are suffering as a result
The right-wing love to say inequality does not matter. They also love to say that the Gini coefficient that measures inequality is improving. They trumpet
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