The FT has an editorial today in which it discusses the NHS, saying: The government cannot avoid responsibility for the present mess. The Treasury’s imposition
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What hasn’t the government done because of Brexit?
Imagine June 23 2016 had come and gone with a Remain vote. What could the government have done with all the energy that has been
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Funding a sovereign wealth fund
The Guardian reports that IPPR is continuing with its work in tax and related reforms and has suggested: All UK-born citizens should be given £10,000
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Taxing advertising
I expressed my view on advertising on Saturday. Much of that post came from my book, The Courageous State. So too does the following, which
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Income inequality in the UK looks to be getting worse, and we were already doing badly
I am grateful to George S Gordon for highlighting the fact that the OECD publishes the Palma Ratio (explained here) for the UK and other OECD
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There is a problem with inequality, even if Gini does not show it
I admit Chris Giles is not my favourite commentator in the FT, or anywhere else come to that. He has far too great an ability
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The whole purpose of advertising is to spread dissatisfaction
Suzanne Moore wrote a piece in the Guardian recently on the power of advertising and the crass claims from some that they are immune to
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The Jersey option – is it the only way we can do Brexit and keep the UK intact?
Few who are not deeply partisan would dispute three propositions. The first is that Brexit is not turning out as promised. The second is that
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The Institute of Economic Affairs exist in their own bubble of misunderstanding on gender pay gaps
The FT has reported this morning that the Institute for Economic Affairs, which is a hard right think tank, has criticised the new compulsory gender
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