I have a confession to make. However I look at myself there is just a little too much of me. Only a few kilos, maybe,
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If this is the message Ed Miliband was right to talk to Russell Brand
Of course the right wing press will say this was a mistake. But if the message is tax justice, I’m more than happy for it
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Have the Tories lost confidence in their ability to keep their word?
Who said this? No other Chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince
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Cameron’s promised law against tax increases is reckless, irresponsible, stupid and deeply misleading
As the FT has reported: David Cameron will on Wednesday promise a law banning any rise in income tax, VAT or national insurance in the
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies fisked
I wrote this article in August 2008 for the Guardian’s Comment is Free. I still think it relevant today. Its objectivity is still open to
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As the GDP data makes clear, if there is an economic plan it’s definitely not working
This is a graph published by the ONS this morning: Overall growth in the first quarter of 2015 has fallen to 0.3%. As the ONS
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Apprenticeship funding should not depend upon banks being fined
The Guardian has reported that: David Cameron will tear a leaf out of Labour’s playbook by announcing that he will use the £227m fine imposed
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My fears: coalition
Having discussed my fears about majority Labour and Conservative government’s, and about the role of nationalism in the 2015 election let me consider the difficult
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There is a time for coherent tax policy. Sometime soon after 7 May would do nicely
As the Guardian has reported this morning: A Labour government would bring closer the “dream of home ownership” for young people by abolishing stamp duty
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