Ninety three per cent of all children in the UK are taught in state schools. The parents of then other seven per cent may wish
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I have already mentioned that I contributed to the Times Higher Education selection of Books of the Year. I admit to being pleased that I
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The Times Higher Education asked me to contribute to their Christmas edition in which a range of people select their books of the year. These
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I guess it’s time to say Happy Christmas. I’ll do so with some of the words of the Christmas story that are little noted, from
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Who is going to get the best Christmas presents of all this year? According to the FT it’s already been the City, who have had:
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Writer on inequality Danny Dorling explains the meaning of Scroogeonomics and how little has changed since 1843 when Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published.
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There is a story doing the rounds today on the fact that UK banks are not paying tax. There is much more on the background
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Several weeks ago I wrote about the VAT abuse that is undoubtedly happening as a result of sales being made through the Amazon and eBay
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Owen Jones has written this in the Guardian this morning: If Labour has a New Year’s resolution, it should be to concentrate above all else
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