I have this morning begun publishing the Taxing Wealth Report 2024: This introduction says: Brief summary This note summarises the issues that the Taxing Wealth
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The House of Commons Library reported recently that: In financial year 2021-22 capital spending  by the Department for Education was around £4.9 billion, this was
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I was interviewed by Xander Elliards for The National about wealth tax last week. I just found the video on YouTube. This is all pretty
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As I noted in The National yesterday: I stress this is not a deliberately contrarian view. I am aware of all the theoretical arguments for
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I got to the point yesterday in my work on wealth taxes where I could feel fairly confident that I had identified all the changes
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You might have missed yesterday’s editorial on inflation in the Guardian. This said: Why should ordinary households be made poorer when a few groups operating
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I am aware that my old friend, Howard Reed, has produced the data for the TUC’s proposed new wealth tax. As the TUC say: The
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Regular commentator JenW posted this comment on the blog yesterday: I sent an email to my MP regarding a wealth tax. His response, by letter,
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As the Guardian has noted of the Sunday Times UK Rich List, which has apparently been published today, even though it is not a Sunday:
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