I was amused by this opening to a report in the FT this morning: Wealth managers say their clients are increasingly worried the Treasury could
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Rachel Reeves is said to face a £40–50 billion budget shortfall. One fair, simple solution? VAT on financial services. Right now, banks, wealth managers, pension
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The National posted this video by me on their channel this afternoon: This is the transcript: It’s August, and so inevitably in Scotland we get
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Trump took over policing in Washington, DC this week to supposedly tackle a crime wave. In reality, crime in Washington, DC, is falling, and at
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On Monday, the FT reported that: Donald Trump has picked a loyalist from the rightwing Heritage Foundation to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after
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There is a lot of noise about Labour’s tax plans right now. There is also a lot of noise about wealth taxes. However, as the
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Politicians love to say the government must “live within its means” – just like a household. But this analogy is completely wrong. In this video,
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RobertJ, who is a regular commentator on this site, included these questions in the conclusion to a comment he posted today: At a philosophical level,
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As many readers will know, the Online Safety Act is now in operation in the UK. I have checked with Ofcom to see if this
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