The Guardian business page at 9.40pm tonight: I said 2016 would not be fun. Some predictions don’t take long to come true.
Call for Papers: Corruption and the Role of Tax Havens
Call for papers for a Research Workshop on CORRUPTION AND THE ROLE OF TAX HAVENS City University London, 28th / 29th April 2016 In May
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An economic plan for 2016
I have already noted that the prospects for the UK in 2016 are poor. So what would I do, given the chance? The required strategy
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Welcome to 2016
It’s the first morning back at work. What has 2016 to offer? A bumpy ride, at best. UK stock markets were down 5% last year.
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What does Will Hutton want? It’s time to choose between genuine markets or continuing abuse
Will Hutton has an article in the Observer under the title: When will banks learn that dodgy tax practices actually cost them dear? It’s OK
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What is the right wing of Labour for?
John Harris has written his most balanced article for the Guardian for some time, asking: When are Labour party ‘moderates’ going to do more than
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1,931,967 thank yous
This blog enjoyed record traffic last year ( as has, in fact, been the case every previous year): My thanks to all who spent time
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HMRC’s new year’s resolution should be to start telling the truth
This is from a press release issued by HM Revenue & Customs today, no doubt to puff Lin Homer’s damehood: This is from a press release
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2015: Private Debt and the UK Housing Market
The following piece comes from the The EREP network Review of the UK Economy in 2015. It is by Jo Michell who is a senior lecturer
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