I posted this on Twitter Yesterday: It seems to me that this is the real question for Sunak now. And there is no doubt he
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The Bank of England has announced it can create money for the benefit of its mates but not for the benefit of the rest of us
The FT reported yesterday evening that: The Bank of England is set to create a permanent lending facility for non-bank financial institutions such as insurers
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Rosebank is not about oil as far as politicians are concerned: it is about their fear of inflation and their lust for power
During my absence from blogging yesterday the government approved the Rosebank oilfield. Let the stress, this does not mean that this oilfield will now progress.
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People are dying because of the impact of inflation. That is by government choice, and is not a necessity.
The news round is, once again, dominated by small-minded and vindictive petty squabbling this morning, with Suella Braverman in the lead. Meanwhile, in the real
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Reforming the administration of corporation tax in the UK might raise at least £6 billion of tax a year
I have this morning published the next in my series of proposals that will together make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. In this note, I suggest that
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Sunak heads for the the gutter as Packham takes the lead: a tale of two climate interventions
I watched two people talk about climate change on television yesterday. One was Rishi Sunak. The other was Chris Packham. One of them told the
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: the UK needs better estimation of its tax gap to prevent the illicit accumulation of wealth
I have this morning published the next note in the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 series. In it, I suggest that it is essential that the UK
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There is no need to debate the triple lock for pensions: all the money needed to pay old age pensions can be found by making simple changes to the tax charges on the wealthy
There is much discussion in the media this morning about a supposedly temporary suspension of the pension triple lock. The triple lock was a George
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The government is willing to punish pensioners for inflation when billions could be raised from the wealthy instead
As the Guardian reports this morning: Treasury officials are discussing a one-off break from the pensions triple lock that could save £1bn by preventing a
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