If you want to know why George Osborne wants to take us back to pre-war economics, this is why: The graph is from Max Roser
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In 2010 George Osborne used the Labour leadership vacuum to create the “country’s broke and it’s all Labour’s over-spending’s fault” narrative. Tonight George Osborne will
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George Osborne will announce tonight that he wishes to deliver perpetual government surpluses. I have already discussed some of the social implications; this blog is
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According to many newspapers George Osborne will be announcing tonight that it is his intention to run long term budget surpluses in the UK so
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I think it worth sharing the following press release just issued by Christian Aid: G7 leaders’ support for fairness in the global tax system is
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The phasing out of fossil fuels by 2100 has been announced by the G7. The issue is, of course, dependent upon investment and as the
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 New research commissioned by energy firm SSE plc and ICAS, the leading professional body of Chartered Accountants, has exposed the credibility gap between the public
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This from Dina Medland on Forbes today: In Britain, 70% of people don’t want their money invested in unethical businesses and 65% think corporate tax
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The OECD has this morning published suggested mechanisms for the sharing of country-by-country reporting data. The detail is here. The core idea is that all country-by-country reporting
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