There are occasions to celebrate. This is one of them. Dominic Raab is not launching his campaign to be prime minister this morning. Surely, that’s good
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The myth of profit maximisation
Martin Wolf had a fascinating comment in the FT yesterday. Referring to books by Prof Colin Mayer of Oxford University (entitled Prosperity) and Jonathan Tepper
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The future of corporation tax: my joint submission to the International Monetary Fund
I made a joint submission to an IMF consultation on the future of corporation tax with Professor Andrew Baker of Sheffield University on Monday. The
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Next time will be worse
The Guardian has reported that: The storm clouds of the next global financial crisis are gathering despite the world financial system being unprepared for the
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The reality is we are a divided, belittled, leaderless nation
Theresa May faced reality yesterday. Reality came in a number of forms. Immediately there was the certainty of a parliamentary loss. Thereafter there was the
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Leeds Building Society is now a Fair Tax Mark holder
The Fair Tax Mark published this today. I am a director of the Fair Tax Mark: Leeds Building Society has become the first national high-street
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The reality is everything must change
Kenan Malik wrote this in The Observer yesterday: The question we need to ask is not, “How should we create a centrist bulwark against populism?”, but
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I hope Thomas Piketty’s tax manifesto is not as the Guardian is reporting it
The Guardian has reported this evening: A group of progressive Europeans led by the economist and author Thomas Piketty has drawn up a bold new
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Long live auditing
I was a little surprised to be asked to write for International Banker magazine recently. This is the journal of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
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