Colin Hines and I have this letter in The Guardian today: There is no better example of what Larry Elliott perceptively terms “capitalism for dummies”,
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Why is the government denying us the Covid-19 data that we really need?
I heard the UK government celebrating that it had given single doses of vaccine to 15 million people yesterday, and that it intended to deliver
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The underpinnings of our society are now being broken by the government
There is the clearest indication given in the media this morning of the failing UK state. As the FT notes: The UK tax authority has
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Tax after coronavirus is another world
I took part in a discussion on tax after coronavirus during an accounting conference recently. You can find it, and the Q & A session
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We have to relearn the importance of time
It’s been easy to be lost in the present during lockdown. The immediacy of news on cases, deaths, and political failings in the face of
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There will be a brief intermission
I am working like fury on a new academic paper right now, which is taking virtually all my attention. As a working paper it may
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The Bank of England should stop broadcasting the views of a comfortable financial elite
The Guardian reports on comments from Andy Haldane, Chief economist at the Bank of England, this morning, noting: British families are ready to fuel a
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This government might have achieved its aim: it is destroying confidence in government itself
The Guardian notes the governments plans for NHS returns today. I admit I have not read these plans in as much detail as I would
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We need one set of accounts for a company
The UK’s Financial Reporting Council has suggested that in the future companies might prepare multiple sets of accounts. The main set would be the financial
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