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Monday, July 3rd, 2006Funding the Future is written and managed by Richard Murphy on behalf of Tax Research LLP. Funding the Future, Tax Research UK and The Finance
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The diminished state of the UK
Sunday, May 18th, 2025As The Guardian reported yesterday: The UK’s drastically diminished aid budget is the “new normal,” the development minister, Jenny Chapman, has said, as she claimed
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Politicians need to do double-entry
Sunday, May 18th, 2025Double-entry bookkeeping is based on a fundamental economic truth: that every action has a reaction. This is the audio version: This is the transcript: I
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Are the wealthy ripping off HM Revenue & Customs?
Saturday, May 17th, 2025The National Audit Office (NAO) issued a report yesterday that suggested: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) defines wealthy individuals as those earning more than £200,000
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Who's making money out of Trump?
Saturday, May 17th, 2025Trump wants to be one of the wealthiest men in the world. That’s why he became President for the second time, and this time, he
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Voters need to take back control of the UK
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025It is a travesty of justice that Labour had a landslide victory at last year’s UK general election with the support of just 20% of
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KPMG, P&O, and the state of UK company law
Monday, May 12th, 2025I only talk about auditing on this blog every now and again, even though the role of the auditor is absolutely fundamental to the operation
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Saving is not the same as investment
Monday, May 12th, 2025Savings are persistently confused with investing in the UK. In reality, few savings create any real investment in the UK, and that’s why our investment
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Pope Leo XIV
Friday, May 9th, 2025I am not a Catholic, but I know a great many people who are. My wife was brought up as one. As she says, you
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