Out of Sight
Friday, April 8th, 2011I have the following article in the latest edition of the London Review of Books: In his budget last month George Osborne announced that if
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UK Uncut are right in protesting - but it would have been better not to do so on Saturday
Monday, March 28th, 2011I’ve blogged about the enormous success of Saturday’s TUC rally. What about UK Uncut’s actions? As I’ve said many times before, I do not speak
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The budget - an overall summary - an admission of Osborne's failure
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011This was a tedious budget marked by repetition after repetition of the little that Osborne had to say – much of which will add enormously
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What are the worst things Osborne can do today?
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011I’ve said what I’d like from the budget. But what are the things I fear from it? Sicking to Plan A is, of course, the
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The Office for Budget Responsibility delivers its verdict - and Osborne has failed
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011The Office for Budget Responsibility is the Treasury offshoot that is supposed to make us all think politicians have become accountable because a quango staffed
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Isle of Man could always consider income tax
Monday, March 21st, 2011Tax News.Com reports: The Isle of Man government has announced the appointment of Dan Davies as the Transforming Government Programme Director, to drive forward fiscal
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Pride comes before a fall - Isle of Man take note
Thursday, March 17th, 2011Manx Net reports (and I have edited a bit): The Isle of Man Assessor of Income Tax, Malcolm Couch, provided an update on zero-ten taxation
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The economics of the playground - the message from senior tax inspectors to HM Treasury
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011I was at a meeting in Westminster this morning organised by the Association of Revenue & Customs – the union representing the senior staff of
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The ICAEW wakes up and realises the public and private sector are connected
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011Nicola Smith at the TUC noted a report in the Times yesterday (I usually ignore the Times – it’s not worth the payment, unlike the
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