I keep feeling as if things cannot get more surreal. And then they do. We already have talk of food and medicine stockpiling in advance of Brexit.
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A commentator called Derek Henry suggested I give this site a plug: It’s worth reading. My favourite quote comes from Stephanie Kelton: You don’t tax the
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The Treasury Committee of the House of Commons published the following figure in its recent report on savings, pensions and related issues: There are three
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Indefatigable VAT campaigner Richard Allen has drawn my attention to the following report on VATLive which provides further evidence that the EU is absolutely right to reject the
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Because I have been away (even if blog activity did not entirely reflect that fact) I have missed a few key events in recent days.
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According to the Guardian: Democracy is at risk unless the government and regulators take urgent action to combat a growing crisis of data manipulation, disinformation
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From the FT today: The UK is set to tear up private companies’ contracts to run probation services and embark on a comprehensive rethink of
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The Treasury Committee has published a new report on savings, pensions and related issues. There is much to take issue with in it at a theoretical level.
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For two years Theresa May has sought to kick the Brexit can down the road, hoping rather than expecting that something might come up that
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