I was quoted in a Daily Mail story over the weekend on Thames Water. As the Mail noted: Thames Water sparked fury yesterday when it announced
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When the EU is the peacemaker worth fighting for UK politicians have a duty to stand back and reflect a little more
I’ve read with sorrow reports of rioting in the Ukraine. That sorrow has been tinged with respect for the fact that people will still come
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The UK’s 1% – how they compare with other major states
This comes from the Inequality Briefing: There is no reason why the top 1% have to take as much income as they do in the
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Barclays haven’t stepped up to Action Aid’s challenge because all the evidence suggests they’re selling tax abuse from Mauritius
I wrote a few days ago about Action Aid’s new campaign demanding that Barclays clean up its act in Africa. Because this is not a
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Why, oh why are HMRC jobs going when we have a massive tax gap?
HM Revenue & Customs admit the UK tax gap exceeds £35 billion a year. I argue it exceeds £95 billion on top of which there
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Nigella makes the case for progressive taxation
As many know, I don’t buy all the arguments of the standard economics repertoire, especially as now interpreted by mainly mathematical economists. But some of
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Venn diagrams for our times: Boris Johnson and the cornflake packet
The solution to big company’s massive cash hoards is higher wages and taxes, not investment
Dominic Rossi, the global chief investment officer for equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, has argued in the FT that: Over the past decade the distribution of
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War on Want land a blow on Alliance Boots
War on Want started a new campaign against the tax affairs of Alliance Boots yesterday, and have at least three articles on the issue in
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