No one, not least the Tories, expected to form a majority government after the general election. As a result some pretty poor policies were presented
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The Fair Tax Mark conference 12 June – see you there?
Global capitalism is far from being out of the mess that 2008 created
This quote from the FT this morning is telling, and I think accurate: The Bank of England this week cut its forecasts for UK growth,
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It seems like the people of Jersey agree with me
Following my recent interventions on tax in Jersey the Jersey Evening Post ran a poll on whether the island should have introduced its zero /
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The CBI’s display of self interest is hard to beat
Having already noted some opposition to country-by-country reporting this morning I have to continue on the the theme. The CBI have written to the EU to
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The opponents of country-by-country reporting are in a hole: they should stop digging
Robert Maas is a tax adviser who, for as long as I can recall, has been on what I might call the right wing of
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Devolving taxing power to cities is about breaking up the power of the state to manage the economy
I have written this morning about the dangers inherent in Tory plans to devolve powers to the UK’s cities. This got a response on twitter:
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George’s nightmare
George Osborne did not expect to win the election. No party did. But he did, and as a result inherited a nightmare from the previous
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What taxing powers should be devolved?
This comes from the FT this morning and given the importance of the issue I offer no apology for the length of the quote: There
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