This video is the fourth in our series on wealth — and the second asking a crucial question: Why are the wealthy wealthy? In this
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Wealth series 3: Why are the wealthy so wealthy?
In this third video in our series on the wealthy, I explore why the comfortably wealthy in the UK — those with £3 million or
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Making the wealthy pay is essential to tax justice
The tax gap remains in the news this week. Today, the Public Accounts Committee has published a new report on the issue in which they
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The wealth series 2: Who are the wealthy?
Just how rich are the wealthy? In this video, I break down official data to show who truly owns Britain’s wealth. From the bottom 10%
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The FT needs to get its head around wealth, and the need to tax it
The Financial Times published an editorial yesterday which revealed more about the priorities of the economic establishment than it probably intended. The FT editorial team
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Trump’s tariffs are destroying hope
As the FT noted last night: Lesotho’s trade minister has warned that the country’s textiles industry, a major exporter to brands such as Levi’s and
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Why I write and make videos
Why do I write five blogs before breakfast? Because injustice doesn’t sleep. I’ve spent my life exposing how power and money rig the system. And
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Wealth Video 1 – what is wealth?
This is the start of my new wealth series. We’re going back to basics — and that means asking what wealth even is. I explain
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Why do we only talk about the costs of benefits for those least well off?
I shared this on social media last night: Why do we only talk about the costs of benefits for those least well off, and not
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