The dividing line between those with just enough income and those who have sufficient to fund the increase in their wealth
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024I was intrigued by a comment made by a person posting on this blog yesterday who claimed to be named Colin. His claim was that
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Why does the average higher rate tax payer get more subsidy for their pension savings each year than anyone on Universal Credit is paid?
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024I published this video on TikTok this morning. As I noted on Twitter: Why does the average higher rate tax payer get more subsidy for
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Financial education of young people is failing. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has the funds available to address this issue, but is refusing to do so.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024As the FT reports this morning: Last summer I asked the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to invest in financial education for
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There is no indication that the Labour Party has any predisposition to be radical
Monday, April 15th, 2024Andrew Rawnsley suggested in The Observer yesterday that Labour could be a radical government despite the fact that it has no money to spend. His suggestion
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Poor, petrified, non-doms are terrified that they might have to pay some tax
Saturday, April 13th, 2024The Guardian is reporting this morning that: “People are jumping on planes right now and leaving,” said Nimesh Shah, the chief executive of Blick Rothenberg,
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Is Rachel Reeves serious about tackling tax abuse?
Friday, April 12th, 2024I asked the question that heads this post in The National yesterday, starting by noting that: IN the 1960s the US writer and civil rights
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Prospect: Labour’s £92bn prize
Thursday, April 11th, 2024The Guardian is it the only outlet to have an article by me on the Taxing Wealth Report over the last day or so. So
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The Guardian agrees: Labour's tax problems can’t be solved by a cosy coterie of old insiders
Thursday, April 11th, 2024This comment was posted on the blog overnight by long term occasional commentator Jonathan: Interestingly, now the Guardian have discovered your Taxing Wealth Report it
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Labour is outsourcing policy to The City establishment
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024An old friend, Ian Fraser, who wrote a great book on the failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland, reminded me of one of my
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