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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Is the SNP talking about using quantitative easing to fund investment?
The SNP manifesto includes strong commitments to investment in thew Scottish economy, including via the Green Investment Bank and a Scottish Development Bank. What intrigues
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Let’s talk straight about country-by-country reporting
Tax Notes International has published an article on the intended scope of the country-by-country reporting this morning (behind a paywall). Tax Notes International has a
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every night, the same dream
I have already commented on the evolving refugee disaster in the Mediterranean this morning. Now I note that Steve Pottinger, the poet whose work on
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