On 17 July there were 54,674 new Covid cases. There were forecasts that cases could reach well over 100,000 a day. On the basis of
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Tax justice should meet the tax gap in 2021
The tax justice movement has come a long way in the eighteen years or so it has been going, but there is still a long
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Sometimes saying no is the right thing to do
I posted this tweet on my account yesterday: They wanted me to talk about the report I have already discussed here this morning. But I
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The Public Accounts Committee is right: government accounting is CRAP (a Completely Rubbish APproximation to the truth)
I posted this thread (with a few bits shortened for Twitter) on my Twitter account this morning: According to press reports this morning ‘Britain faces
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Johnson’s plan is to grind us into submission
This is the link to my column for The National today: 'Johnson intends to wear his opponents down until the rules no longer work. Scotland
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Why the government is lying when it says it cannot afford pay awards for the NHS and the police
I just posted this thread on Twitter: The government gave some staff in the NHS a pay rise yesterday, and then said that the cost
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When telling the truth is not permitted in the House of Commons it is time to rebuild democracy.
I published this tweet yesterday: This is so ridiculous. Everyone knows Dawn Butler is right. Boris Johnson has lied repeatedly in the Commons but that
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Tax justice and the bigger economic picture in 2021
This video is one of a series I am making on the role of tax justice in 2021. It reflects the fact that I think
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