For reasons beyond my control I have little time to follow the G20. Suffice to say it has done what was expected, and this is
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Larry Elliott has noted in the Guardian this morning that 10-year gilts are edging towards a 3% interest rate and the pound is rising against the
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Michael Meacher’s UK Corporate and Individual Tax and Financial Transparency Bill, which I wrote for him, has its second reading in parliament today (all being well).
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As the FT reports this morning: Leaders of the G20 countries meeting in St Petersburg are due to throw their weight behind moves to close
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The media are full of the signs of growth in the UK economy. This is from the Guardian: Britain’s recovery is on track to outstrip
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There was a reason, perhaps, for putting up with the banking sector when it added to the value of UK tax receipts. But it doesn’t
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I was in the Jersey media talking about why France has blacklisted Jersey as a non-cooperative tax haven. In Jersey there is a wish to
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The Daily Mirror has echoed my call on this blog yesterday for and end to the exemption for companies that means that their dividends received
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The Times and, more accessibly, Credit Today have both reported new powers that HM Revenue & Customs have enjoyed since the beginning of September. As the
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