According to the FT: KPMG has been sternly rebuked by the UK accounting watchdog for an “unacceptable deterioration” in the quality of audit work it
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The government is refusing to play its part in creating money the economy needs
The UK is expected to have GDP of £2,054 bn this year (table 4.1 here). In current cash terms that is expected to grow to £2,116 bn
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The NHS is a efficient as it gets, except on health outcomes, and we just don’t spend enough to get them
This graphic is from the Guardian: And this one is from the US-based Commonwealth Fund in 2017: When you hear the right wing say the NHS
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The government is like the Football Association – there is no limit to the number of points it can issue
Commentator Stephen Fergusson has written this on the blog in response to the discussion on the ‘household analogy’ of the economy. It reflects comments made
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The tax abuse industry is the clearest possible evidence that the rich just don’t care
The FT has an article this morning under the headline: Can you be rich and caring? The note that there are studies on this issue, saying:
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There are three ways to deliver funding of £20 billion for the NHS, and tax is the worst of them
Papers are filled with talk of the Theresa May’s NHS Brexit dividend this morning. Thankfully, it appears that no one buys the story. Not one serious
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Tax revenue means ‘to bring the money back’, just as MMT implies
This is fascinating. What it shows is the etymology of the word revenue: As a commentator, using the name Calgacus, said in a comment on the
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Tax Justice Sunday
Today has been named as Tax Justice Sunday by Church Action for Tax Justice. This post is by the Rev David Haslam of that new organisation: The
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We’ve all paid a massive price for UK politicians failure to believe in tax justice
The Times has reported that: Amazon has shut down the accounts of thousands of Chinese companies that use the website to sell cheap products in
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