The IFS and the NIESR held an event on the state if the economy this week. They published their slides. The slide pack includes this
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When there is record unemployment in the UK remember that this is what Johnson has chosen to deliver
The London Evening Standard had an interview with Boris Johnson yesterday. Presumably Johnson owed George Osborne, its editor, a favour. They opened their feature on
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GOD is right: we need to tackle wealth inequality through the tax system. We just have to make it more than a token gesture
As The Guardian noted last night: The UK government’s response to the coronavirus and the dramatic rise in public borrowing during the crisis should include
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The government has a long way to go in delivering bailout condition transparency
The government announced yesterday that: The UK government has today confirmed that it has provided an emergency loan to Celsa Steel (UK) Ltd to allow
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Do we need a wealth tax now? Or do we need to tax the income derived from wealth a lot more now? They’re not the same thing
Because I was otherwise engaged I missed a seminar this morning, advertised here: New project launching today!With @arunadvaniecon and Emma Chamberlain. Should the UK have
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Will the government support tenants or landlords?
As the Guardian has noted: Recent polling by the Resolution Foundation found 13% of renters said they were behind with payments to their landlords, compared
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Another campaign win, this time to the tune of €5 trillion now subject to tax
The offshore finance sector used to laugh at the tax justice movement when we claimed there were trillions of undeclared assets offshore in tax havens.
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The naivete of those who think that we’ll have a V-shaped recovery might be one of the biggest dangers that we face right now
A couple of days ago Andy Haldane, supposedly the most enlightened member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, said in a speech: There is
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Home energy efficiency: the way to create thousands of jobs
This post is by Colin Hines, convenor of the Green New Deal group and was originally on the Green Alliance blog. It is reproduced with
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