The Guardian has reported this morning that: Tax avoiders’ accountants face being forced to give evidence before MPs after a Commons committee announced a series
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Hypothecated taxes are designed to undermine the NHS
I have written before on why we do not need hypothecated taxes to fund the NHS. A slightly theoretical version of the argument is here. A
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We need tax reform, and the FT agrees
Martin Sandbu writes the FT Free Lunch column, which is rapidly becoming the best feature of that paper, in my opinion. Yesterday he wrote about tax,
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We’re heading back to the Single Market
According to the Politico website: U.K. Brexit negotiators are developing a plan to solve the Irish border issue by keeping the whole of the U.K.
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VAT and Brexit – the cash flow bombshell that will hit British business
Last week the UK took another step towards Brexit. I am still not convinced it will happen in anything like the form being discussed: Ireland remains
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Funding the NHS
According to Politics Home this morning: The chairs of 21 select committees have signed a letter to Theresa May calling for an “urgent” parliamentary commission
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Cambridge Analytica and Brexit: what next?
I have followed the Cambridge Analytica story with interest. It is of enormous importance, especially with regard to data security. It also matters to the whole
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It’s time to tax wealth
There has been some welcome discussion of wealth taxation of late. Given the scale of wealth inequality in society this is overdue. But in this
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This is not the time for Labour to put party before country
Keir Starmer is quoted in the Observer today saying that keeping the Labour Party united is more important than getting Brexit right. I have one
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