The FT has noted this morning that: The UK government’s £7.3bn research and development tax credit system is failing to deliver significant additional spending by
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So you thought it was all over? Government borrowing says otherwise
This is from data published by the Office for National Statistics this morning on public sector borrowing in April 2021: Borrowing in April was £32
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Nailing the truth twisters down
It is a year since this Tweet was posted on the official UK Civil Service Twitter account: The post did not survive online for long,
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The risk of a third wave of coronavirus with massive economic and social consequences is high and I reserve the right to say so
I attracted quite a lot of opprobrium on Twitter yesterday for raising questions on the efficiency of vaccines, and for suggesting that there is risk
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Why isn’t the government supporting a global minimum corporation tax rate?
The Daily Record has noted, along with a number of other papers, that: Labour is to stage a Commons vote to try and force the
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Eurovision, and related issues
It is a Sunday morning for connected, but apparently diverse, thoughts. First, Eurovision. I watched it right through for the first time in many years.
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Will the Scottish banks leave Scotland after independence?
This is a guest post from, Dr Tim Rideout of the Scottish Currency Group, with whose work many here will be familiar: It is regularly
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The signs of an economic car-crash as the economy tries to reopen are growing
The FT noted yesterday that Europe might be heading for its strongest economic growth for 15 years right now. I confess I was not surprised,
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