The FT has some hysteria in its pages this morning, reporting that (and I quote extensively for good reason):I added the emphasis, and for good
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Rough-riding EM bonds
The FT has an email headline this morning that says: Maybe it’s just early in the morning. Maybe I am getting electioned out. But I
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The Future of Fair Tax – new Government, new dawn?
The Fair Tax Mark Conference Co-sponsored by SSE plc and Midcounties Coop Date: 12th June Place: Amnesty UK, 25 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EA Time:
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Goldman warns the UK may lose the right to abuse its workforce if it has a Labour government
The FT overnight emails contain two interesting headlines. The first says: I will ignore Johnson in the related story. Its Goldman Sachs element says that:
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Labour: my fears
I have already written about the concerns I have about a majority Conservative government after the forthcoming general election. When doing so I said I
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The UK isn’t growing: it’s just working harder and that’s not a strategy
The FT notes this morning that: Britain has been issued a fresh warning over its poor record in innovation and embracing technological change, with new
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Half a Green New Deal from Labour
Labour’s Green Manifesto commits it to some key aspects of what I have long called the Green New Deal. As it says: The next Labour
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Are estimates of higher rate tax yields that are fuelling political debate correct?
Tax is one of the key battlegrounds in the UK’s general election due on May 7. No tax is more important in that debate than
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The SNP gets its economics wrong
The SNP is the latest party to think it is within the power of the politician to offer a balanced budget. They say in their
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