David Cameron famously argued before the 2010 general election that not a single front line service would be impacted by his programme of austerity. It
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According to my family there are better things to do than blog this morning. I am succumbing to the wisdom of my crowd. I may
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Before anyone gets excited about GDP returning to 2008 levels (as is likely to be announced tomorrow) can I refer to this table issued by
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One of the questions I was asked on Twitter last night was how to spot a tax haven. There is no easy answer to this. One
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As I watched the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games last night it occurred to me just how many participating states are considered to be
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I was interviewed by Joe Lynam for the Today programme at 6.49 am this morning (a link is available here for the next few days) on
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Our economy is in a mess. I think that should be obvious to anyone, and yet you don’t hear that message too often on the
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The following press release was issue by Chritian Aid today. I think it sound comment: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) which is
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