One of the classic claims of the wealthy, and their friends on both the political right and in the tax abuse industry, is that if
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I have already noted some tax reforms I would wish for this morning. This is in anticipation of this week’s budget. Calls for technical reform though
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Justice Minister Phillip Lee MP (no, you’re not alone: I’d also never heard of him before) told a Tory Party fringe meeting that the NHS
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I mentioned  some particular answers to the problem of taxing wealth yesterday which had something in common. This was that all were transaction based. They
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The Tories apparently think that it’s time to tax wealth more effectively. Their fear is that if they do not they will be electoral toast.
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I thought this chart from the FT this morning was of interest: That’s roughly £350 billion under management for the wealthiest in the UK, with
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I received the following comment on the blog when discussing wealth taxation. I thought it was worth considering it in more depth and so reproduce
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I have noted concerns on growing wealth inequality this morning, here and here. Over the weekend I also published references to the call I made
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As the Guardian notes in an editorial this morning: As research for the Resolution Foundation this weekend shows, the rich are back. While the rest of
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