Euractiv has reported that the European Parliament adopted yesterday an overhaul of EU anti-money laundering rules which includes the introduction of publicly accessible registers for
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Corruption: Grace’s story
Cameron’s wrong: the government’s money does not belong to taxpayers
According to the Guardian, David Cameron will today “repeat Margaret Thatcher's mantra that there is no such thing as government money — only taxpayers' money.”
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Why I wrote last night’s tweets on neoliberals and taxation
I wrote a series of tweets last night on the break down of the old tax consensus that was the foundation of much of post
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Africa is failing to curb soaring inequality
Unprecedented economic growth in a number of African countries is going hand in hand with soaring inequality, which national tax systems are failing to address,
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Tax 700,000 empty homes in the UK back into use
The Guardian rightly points out the scandal of there being at least 700,000 empty properties in the UK this morning. I first addressed this issue
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If you want to rename national insurance and make it an ‘earnings tax’ it must be applied to all earnings
According to The Telegraph, a Taxpayers' Alliance campaign to have national insurance renamed Eranings Tax is likely to be successful. A number if, inevitable thoughts
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Tim Worstall wrote UKIP’s tax policy – and they’ve just deleted it
Tim Worstall writes one of the more objectionable blogs in the web. I won’t link to it: it’s too offensive to do so. This morning
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Cuts are targeting the vulnerable
This morning seems to be one for infographics. Having just done one on tax it is essential to do one on social security. These comes
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