I have heard rumour that the Treasury is working hard on possible tax reforms. The rumour suggests that the ‘postponed’ cut in the corporation tax
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Some in Labour really do need to think about what it is doing
I note that Politics Home has reported that: Labour leadership frontrunner Sir Keir Starmer should “stand side” to make way for a woman, the party’s
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The Disunited Kingdom
As The National newspaper has reported this morning (but which you will hardly find mentioned in the English press): All three devolved parliaments in the
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Whither the middle ground?
It was interesting to hear a Conservative lobbyist discussing the new political landscape yesterday. If I might summarise his argument it was “Since none of
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Bankers just chose to be climate change activist targets
The FT has reported this afternoon that: The leaders of major banks and other financial companies have rejected suggestions that they are not doing enough
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Martin Luther King Jnr was prosecuted for tax evasion and we should worry about that
A fascinating discussion at the Joffe Trust conference on tax justice this morning on the way tax can be used as a mechanism for social
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What are the German government trying to hide?
The Suddeutsche Zeitung has a story this morning on country-by-country reporting and German corporate tax abuse this morning. As they note: The hope lasted only
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What is ‘doing politics’?
Those at the tax justice conference organised by the Joffe Trust were asked by a speaker last night why more of us were not ‘in
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The BBC: time to say what’s good about it
The BBC takes a lot of stick from the left. And some of it, no doubt, appears justified. Like others, I have my concerns about
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