Why do the Tories think they can bet with insider information, as they obviously did before the election was called? It’s because they think that
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My appearance on the Jeremy Vine show, yesterday
As I mentioned yesterday, I was on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2 yesterday in which I was in discussion with a person
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Jeremy Vine: 12 noon, today on BBC Radio 2
I am in Sheffield this morning to present a new draft paper that my colleague, Prof Andrew Baker and I are writing on an appraisal
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The weird world of tax anomalies
UK journalists have been paying attention to tax anomalies this week, as I have in this morning’s main video. This comes from the FT: Amongst
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It’s time to get rid of the UK’s tax anomalies
I have posted this video this morning. In it, I suggest that the UL tax system is riddled with anomalies and loopholes and that if
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Why do we give small companies a free tax ride in the UK?
My video this morning notes that HM Revenue & Customs reckons more than 30 per cent of all tax owing by small UK limited companies
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Show us your workings
I have posted this short video this morning. In it, I argue that all our political parties are selling us shorty by claiming that they
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Tax is not essential: public services are. It’s time that election debates shifted their focus
I have to admit that last night’s Sky Televisi9n debate with Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak was, overall, disappointing and uninspiring. Beth Rigby did her
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Tax the bads
In this morning’s video, I argue that we all know what the ‘bads’ in our economy are – tobacco, alcohol, sugar, carbon, plastics, and more.
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