Twitter is not everyone’s cup of tea. I use it less than I used to. But there are people worth reading there. One is Flip
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Labour has to do better on Brexit or face the consequences
Labour is still pretending today that its six Brexit tests are relevant, when it knows they were literally never achievable. And it is pretending that
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Accountancy is asking the wrong questions
According to the FT: BDO has set its sights on auditing the biggest listed clients in the UK after merging with UK competitor Moore Stephens
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Waiting for the sentence
It strikes me that I am not alone in feeling mute this morning. We are, as a country, waiting for our prime minister to declare
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Whistleblower protection, plutocrats and dark money: the November Taxcast
In the November 2018 Tax Justice Network monthly Taxcast: we look at how governments can better protect, encourage and even incentivise whistleblowers. what do the latest
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The UK can’t even crash out of the EU and maintain the pretence of having a functioning government
This report comes from Finance.co.uk and appears reliable, being confirmed in other media: On Wednesday, MPs were informed that a ‘no deal’ Brexit would see
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The government thinks the stakeholders in accountancy are finance professionals, and they could not be more wrong
I recently highlighted questions asked by LibDem peer Sharon Bowles on the so-called BEIS External Stakeholders Group in the House of Lords. My reason for doing
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The FCA rules that 100% interest charges are fair
The FT has reported that: “Rent-to-own” retailers such as BrightHouse will be banned from charging vulnerable customers over the odds for household goods under new
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What to say?
I admit to being a little baffled as to what to say on the blog this morning. This rarely happens, as regular readers will know.
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