For those who think the SNP is riding high in Scottish popularity I have to say that the feeling is not universally shared. Whilst the
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The UK’s in a total mess. Rewriting the Bank of England’s mandate might be a good place to start if we want to begin putting it right
Some people say that words don’t matter. Others might say that playing around with them might not change much when we’re in a total mess.
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The UK’s company regulation system is a licensed mechanism for the supply of corruption services
The Financial Times has reported this morning that: Businesses are being set up in the UK at a record rate, according to the government’s register
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It is time that the auditing profession took its place in wider society, from which it has so far absented itself
The FT has reported that: Boohoo lost almost a fifth of its value on Monday after it confirmed its auditor planned to resign following growing
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Brexit provides us with few opportunities, but this is one: we could have better company law. There is a problem though: there is no sign that the government wants it
The Telegraph reported this a couple of days ago, based on a press release from the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, who I have advised:
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Manchester is right: people cannot live on next to nothing and lockdown when the government’s got the means to pay
I recorded this yesterday. It’s a more political video than most I have done. But that’s because I am angry with the government. And I
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Johnson’s negotiating skills have led us to a historic low point
This thread from Nicholas Watt, just published on Twitter, is fascinating: Let me do a little speculating. I suspect that the Manchester team entered into
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The UK government has not borrowed anything to pay for the coronavirus crisis – the facts
A number of people have asked me for evidence to support my suggestion that the UK government has not borrowed money during the course of
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We are already in chaos, and it’s just going to get worse
Three articles that I noted in this morning’s papers suggest the scale of the economic crisis that we are facing. One, in the Financial Times,
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