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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The Tories are destroying the state by making working for it profoundly unattractive or unaffordable.
I noted these adjacent headlines on The Guardian homepage this morning: The message could not be clearer. The NHS and state education cannot recruit or
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When the right to vote is being restricted on the basis of race, income and disability are we still a democracy?
As the Guardian has reported this morning: Controversial rules governing voter identification led to racial and disability discrimination at this year’s local elections in England,
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The Tories are asset-strippers: no wonder nothing works anymore
Yesterday was a debacle for the Tories. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan sought to blame everyone but herself for the mess in the management of RAACs.
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