I offer this from today’s Russia Report from the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament: 49. Whilst the Russian elite have developed ties with a
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The FT, and just about every media outlet as well as the Office for National Statistics get the UK borrowing data wrong
The FT has splashed with this headline today: And it added this chart: Before saying: A collapse in receipts flowing into the exchequer and a
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From furlough to meltdown: the letter to send to your MP asking what they are going to do about the coming unemployment crisis
I have gathered from Twitter, rather than from comments here, that people want to know what they can do to draw attention to the fact
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Quantitative easing: a video explanation
After more than a decade of use we should be getting familiar with quantitative easing. But like so many aspects to the economy, and almost
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The FT offers an economically incompetent view of tax whilst suggesting tax increases for anyone but the best off
The FT is joining in the chorus that UK taxes must rise to pay for the coronavirus crisis. It has an editorial this morning that
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The government fails again on UK track and trace – when Ireland can make it work
Two contrasting tweets this morning Coronavirus: Government admits its Test and Trace programme is unlawful https://t.co/YYcuEKLO7S — Sky News (@SkyNews) July 20, 2020 And: Cheap,
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It’s time to review tax reliefs – because they could be hopelessly misspent
As the Public Accounts Committee has noted this morning: The Government knows too little about the tax reliefs it provides: whether they work, or offer
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HMRC is taking on big business using tax havens – and the only obvious explanation is country-by-country reporting
As the FT notes this morning: A crackdown on multinationals shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions has increased the amount of tax HM Revenue & Customs
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We’re heading for a winter of discontent like no other we have ever seen
I wrote yesterday about my fears for the UK economy, and the apparent lack of awareness there is amongst the UK political class that we
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