The Financial Reporting Council report on the failings of Grant Thornton within their audit of Patisserie Valerie was issued yesterday. The report makes for grisly
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Trade unions blocked democracy for the UK yesterday
Labour had a vote on whether it should back proportional representation yesterday. This was the result: As Neil Lawson at Compass said in a mail
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The Bank of England is getting ready to deliver austerity
The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, gave a speech yesterday. It was intended to set out his view on the future direction
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The differences between right wing, centre ground and non-market believing economists
I posted this as a Twitter thread this morning: I was asked recently to explain the fundamental differences between the economics of the right, centre-ground
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Labour’s tax plans are about using the cover of tax justice to deliver economic injustice – and that’s utterly unacceptable
Rachel Reeves is to announce a series of tax reforms planned by Labour if it were to win office in her speech to its conference
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Why is Labour stuck in gold-standard thinking era? And why does it want gold-standard era austerity that inevitably follows?
From the Sunday Times today: So, austerity here we come because Rachel Reeves has not noticed we have a fiat currency as yet. Why is
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Green bonds are in fashion – to the tune of £100bn
I missed this headline a couple of days ago in the FT: They added: All those who now suggest that people would not want to
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Keir Starmer really should keep his word
A year ago Keir Starmer was saying this: Now, as I mentioned yesterday there is no mention at all of the Green New Deal in
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Is Evergrande another tipping point?
Evergrande is a name that most people do not know, but as the FT reports this morning: Investors in an Evergrande offshore bond say they
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