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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‘Who can prevent the once great One Nation Conservative Party from becoming the English National Party?’
Trust registration starts from 1 September: another barrier to tax transparency is falling
In 2005 John Christensen and I wrote this in Tax Us If You Can – the manifesto of the fledgling Tax Justice Network that went
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In case you thought Covid had gone away, it most definitely has not
Yesterday Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, said we need not worry about Covid any more as we are ‘past its peak’. Dr Rachel Clarke has
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Rishi Sunak is the leader of the neoliberal pack when it comes to indifference towards the fate of ordinary people, whether in Ukraine or the UK
A theme emerged yesterday. It was of government and business indifference to real people. P&O, backed by Dubai – which is a key government ally
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The current state of Tory politics – where every single word is so empty, so pointless, so bereft of substance, nobody will remember any of it by the time of the next newscast – or care
The current state of Tory politics was ably summarised by John Warren in a comment on this blog yesterday: It is quite outrageous how badly
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