In my regular column for The National in Scotland, published yesterday, I put forward a hypothesis about the government’s attitude towards inflation. Much of the argument
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Prof Prem Sikka, my old tax justice friend who now sits in the House of Lords as a Labour peer, has been asking a series
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The FT has a headline this morning that says: As the related report notes: The UK is preparing to abolish its so-called “golden visa” regime
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There is an interesting thread from Tom Tugendhat MP on Twitter. He is, of course, a Tory and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He
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The situation in Ukraine looks to be getting worse, and can no longer be ignored. That is most especially true for one group in UK
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HM Revenue & Customs is under fire from the Public Accounts Committee this morning, and rightly so. In a new report they say: HMRC ignorance
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We now know that according to the Prime Minister all Covid restrictions in England (but not, necessarily, the other countries of the UK) will be
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There were ugly scenes near parliament last night. Keir Starmer and David Lammy were threatened. People said Keir Starmer should be hung for supporting paedophiles,
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To understand precisely where the UK is going under Boris Johnson’s current leadership it is worthwhile considering yesterday’s events in Northern Ireland. As the BBC
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