This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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If Rachel Reeves must raise taxes, the basic rate of income tax is the worst place to start
The Telegraph reported this morning that the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has told Rachel Reeves that raising income tax would be
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The Telegraph is right: Reeves should not increase taxes on lower and average income earners
The Telegraph can hardly contain its excitement about the forthcoming Tory conference as this week progresses, and as a result, it is doing all it
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Tax changes everything
This week’s podcast was recorded as the final video in a series of videos that I made for the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency. I
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Should we tax the rich
I was sent this video to review by its creator this week. I know who he is. I offered comments to him, but also asked
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How to end phoenixing
As the FT notes this morning: HM Revenue & Customs has lost hundreds of millions of pounds more than previously estimated to an insolvency practice
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Gary Stevenson and the failure of the left
As readers here will know, the weekend before last, Gary Stevenson admitted that he did not know how to create a wealth tax and would
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The TUC says the public support higher taxes on wealth
The TUC published this press release yesterday, and I am going to share it as they published it, because I think it is interesting enough
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The Taxing Wealth Report in The Guardian
The Guardian’s letter page this morning has two responses to an article by Dr Faiza Shaheen, who is now the director of Tax Justice UK,
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