It’s April Fool’s day, but the only fools are in the government, who think that the people of this country can be taken for a
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Covid is all about the politics of denial now, for which we will pay a very high price
This is the latest data on the number of patients in the UK in hospital with Covid: Thankfully fewer are needing ICU treatment: But it
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Is HM Revenue & Customs turning the payment of tax into a voluntary activity for some?
AccountingWEB has a chilling article out this week by tax commentator Philip Fisher. As he notes: In November 2021, the National Audit Office (NAO) issued
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When will it be admitted that Brexit has failed?
The FT reports this morning that: Downing Street is exploring yet another delay to post-Brexit border checks on goods entering Britain from the EU to
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Sunak is withholding billions from those in need on the basis of accounting that he knows to be dubious. As evidence of immoral conduct goes, this is pretty staggering
I posted this Twitter thread yesterday. As it was actually written on Twitter I do not have a text version to share: The OBR forecast
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Johnson should be resigning today. If he doesn’t he’s saying he’ll hang on to power, whatever his rightful claim to it
As the Guardian notes this morning: The first fines for lockdown breaches in Downing Street are expected to be issued imminently after Scotland Yard concluded
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The Tory commitment to democracy is decidedly limited
If the current UK government’s attitude towards democracy needs explanation I think that can be found in this FT report: The UK government is “interested” in
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NatWest: the truest indication of the Tory’s ability to waste opportunity
As The Guardian has noted this morning: NatWest Group has agreed to buy back shares worth £1.2bn from the UK government, in a transaction that
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The new Tory education policy is practically, socially and ethically bankrupt policy pursued solely for the financial benefit of a few at cost to many
After three weeks of concentration on this blog on budget related issues, I may be spending a little less time on blogging in the week
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