The tax gap remains in the news this week. Today, the Public Accounts Committee has published a new report on the issue in which they
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There was much in Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech last night that was neoliberal to the core. Except for the fact that Rachel Reeves clearly
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As Heather Cox Richardson notes in her newsletter ‘Letter from an American’ (which I recommend subscribing to), that I received overnight: Trump appointees insist they
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Two familiar commentators on this blog, Mike Parr and the person known as Colonel Smithers, spent some of the weekend discussing a Substack by someone
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As the FT noted last night: Lesotho’s trade minister has warned that the country’s textiles industry, a major exporter to brands such as Levi’s and
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As the New York Times reported yesterday afternoon: President Trump on Saturday released letters imposing new 30 per cent tariffs on imports from Mexico and
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Big businesses’ shallow faith in ethical capitalism and the need to challenge climate change became more apparent yesterday. As the Guardian reported: HSBC has become
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges has written this on X when referring to the sanctions put on United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese by the
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The FTSE 100 reached an all-time record high yesterday: This either makes no sense at all, because the world is in chaos, Trump is threatening
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