It’s the sort of day when blogging cannot be high on my agenda. That’s because today and tomorrow see the launch meeting of the Time
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Rationing, anyone?
I was in discussion with one of the very first baby-boomers yesterday. He was born just after the Second World War. What he suggested was
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It is time to tax the rich
The Guardian featured an article yesterday that was promoted with this tweet: It seems like AOC did a good job with that dress, but I
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It’s time for civil society to engage with the OECD to deliver the global tax deal developing countries need
Very soon detailed negotiations on the OECD’s proposed new global corporation tax deal will recommence, with many issues still on the table for agreement. John
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If ever there was a wrong person for a job on levelling up then Andy Haldane is it
As the Guardian has reported: Andy Haldane, the former Bank of England chief economist appointed on Sunday as the head of the government’s levelling up
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It’s tax cut and big bonus time for the City of London
As the FT has noted this morning: John Glen, City minister, has vowed that Britain’s financial services sector will enjoy “competitive tax rates” as he
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The gas price crisis is the surest indication that Thatcherism has failed
As an FT newsletter notes this morning: The UK’s largest energy suppliers are requesting a multibillion-pound emergency support package from the government to help them
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Debt is not as much of a problem as the growing inequality that increasing debt represents
Gillian Tett has noted in the FT this morning that: The Institute of International Finance calculates that total global debt hit a record $296tn at the
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Can Scotland afford to be independent? The answer, of course, is yes
The London based Institute for Government has opined on Scotland’s currency options in the event of independence. The result is, unfortunately, very London-centric. To give
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