I have published this video this morning. In it I argue that there is still massive opacity available to businesses in the UK, many of
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Growth is not going to work for Labour
[NB: this post started life as a video, but the edit went wrong, so it has become a blog post instead. That might explain the
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The last thing this Labour government needs to deliver is austerity
We have a new government that is dedicated to austerity on the basis of its claim that ‘there is no money left’. It seems like
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Given the choice, people want tax increases
The abrdn Financial Fairness Trust has issued a new report suggesting that: As the nation prepares to go to the polls, new research shows people
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This has been a dismal election campaign for tax
Is it too soon for an election campaign retrospective? I don’t think so. In that case this is my first. This campaign has been dominated
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A worldwide wealth tax? Why do it, when local progress would be so much easier?
I note that the Guardian, amongst others, reports this morning that: An international scheme to tax the wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires is technically
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Will Labour have the sense to go for wealth taxes?
As the Guardian has reported: The Labour party has been drawing up options for how it could raise money through extra wealth taxes to help rebuild Britain’s
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Freeports are dangerous
I have, as usual, published a new video this morning in which I suggest that Rishi Sunak’s very limited legacy will include the creation of
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If you look in the wrong place, as Labour plans to do, you will never find the tax gap
HM Revenue & Customs published its new tax gap figures yesterday. They are nonsense, as they always have been. I have explained why here as
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