There is widespread reporting this morning that the government will today be announcing new funding arrangements for the self-employed for the duration of the coronavirus
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There has been much discussion over the last few days about the desirability of a universal basic income (UBI) for the United Kingdom. Demand for
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I have already noted that I have major reservations about much of Rishi Sunaks coronavirus job retention scheme. As the day has gone on these
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I think it worth sharing the following press release from the National Audit Office, issued this morning: Today the National Audit Office (NAO) publishes a
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It is not very hard to find commentary on the UK’s failing productivity: they are commonplace because, as a matter of fact, our national productivity
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HM Revenue & Customs published a ‘factsheet’ on Monday on the supposed success of the ‘Diverted Profits Tax’ (DPT), introduced by George Osborne in 2015
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I was on the Jeremy Vine show, discussing the Loan Charge last week. I have already blogged about this a couple of times, but the
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A commentator on the blog asked a question in the light of my criticism of HMRC’s management of the loan charge, posted yesterday. Zacchaeus asked:
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The government has tabled the most extraordinary statutory instrument as a result of Brexit. It is called: The Cross-border Trade (Public Notices) (EU Exit) Regulations
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