This exchange took place in the House of Lords yesterday: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con) One of the best things we can do for
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Tax and money flows within the economy
This post is the third of the three that relate to the economic ideas underpinning the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. The first was on tax
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Labour’s ideological vacuum
As Larry Elliott has noted in The Observer today: After last week’s emasculation of its green prosperity plan, [Labour’s] storyline has changed. It now reads:
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‘Revenue’ means to come back. Tax revenue quite literally recovers money already spent
I noticed part of an old post of mine being cited on Twitter yesterday. It was as follows: This is fascinating. What it shows is the
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Rishi Sunak’s tax for 2022/23: a Taxing Wealth Report 2024 case study
As has been widely reported in the media, Rishi Sunak’s tax return for 2022/23 was published yesterday. The data as published by his accountants has
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Labour is claiming that £28 billion of investment in climate change a year is not possible. But that’s not true. That’s Starmer’s choice.
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: Labour says it cannot now afford to spend £28 billion a year to deliver the investment in
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The Taxing Wealth Report – an update
I have this morning published what I think will be the pre-penultimate section of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 this morning, dealing with necessary changes
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The Taxing Wealth Report: Removing existing anomalies within the UK system that prevent the delivery of tax justice might cost £19.1 billion per annum
I have this morning published the latest note in my series that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. This latest note suggests that if
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The political economy of money and tax
The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 is all about tax reforms. However, to propose reforms without suggesting why it is economically appropriate to do so makes
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