In a post I published here yesterday, I explained that in a country like the UK, which issues its own currency, has an effective tax system,
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Why it matters that government spending comes before tax
One of the most important things to understand about how government finances work is that in a country like the UK, which issues its own
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Gordon Brown is right on child poverty and gambling, and also so very wrong as well
I note that the FT has reported: Ministers should raise taxes on the gambling industry in order to fund removing the two-child benefit cap and
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YouTube v the blog: differing perspectives
I did not expect yesterday’s video to get the level of reaction it did. By last night (when I began preparing this post), the polls
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