As Heather Cox Richardson notes in her newsletter ‘Letter from an American’ (which I recommend subscribing to), that I received overnight: Trump appointees insist they
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Is the UK tax gap understated by at least £18 billion?
There is a report in the International Accounting Bulletin this morning that suggests: The UK’s HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has reported that US companies
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TACO time, or is everything about to hit the fan?
As the FT notes in an editorial today when discussing Trump’s new tariff plans: Corporate America has shown its resilience by confounding the gloomiest forecasts so
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The wealth series 2: Who are the wealthy?
Just how rich are the wealthy? In this video, I break down official data to show who truly owns Britain’s wealth. From the bottom 10%
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Selling England by the pound
Two familiar commentators on this blog, Mike Parr and the person known as Colonel Smithers, spent some of the weekend discussing a Substack by someone
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Andrew Bailey says rate cuts are coming, but they will be too little and too late to save us
As the Guardian notes this morning: The pound has dropped to a three-week low this morning, after the governor of the Bank of England said
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Why are politicians denying the existential threat from flooding?
As the FT has noted this morning: The UK’s sea level is rising faster than the global average and at an accelerating rate, scientists have
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Being radically normal
John Harris is on a good run of form in The Guardian of late. In his column this morning, he talks about the existence of
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Fiscal rules are as flexible as rubber bands
In this video, I explain why Rachel Reeves’ beloved fiscal rules are nothing but political theatre. They’re arbitrary, endlessly changeable, and stop us investing in
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