IPPR has issued a report this morning calling for the alignment of tax rates on capital gains tax with the equivalent income tax rate applicable
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Could Johnson take the initiative and solve the Irish backstop today?
Boris Johnson has been like a wrecking ball in the last week. His premiership is in tatters. His party is torn asunder. His majority has
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The Monday morning view from elsewhere
Sometimes to get a true perspective on things you have to look form elsewhere. This is one such view: I’m not saying it’s right. But
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We have to learn a better song, and sing it fast
I find myself asking what I know this morning. I posted a video yesterday in which George Monbiot suggested that we base our lives on
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George Monbiot on the new narrative we need
Not The Nobel Prize for Economics
Henry Leveson-Gower of The Mint magazine has asked me to promote an idea I am more than happy to share. It’s this: What Henry’s asking
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Will Boris Johnson turn the UK into a failed state? It’s looking increasingly likely
I note the Telegraph has reported this morning that: Boris Johnson would rather defy the law than ask for another Brexit delay, he has indicated,
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The Labour Fiscal Rule needs to be consigned to history
As the FT has noted this morning: Economists were unanimous after Sajid Javid’s spending review on Wednesday: The chancellor’s fiscal rules were dead and Boris
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Tax spillover assessment: the future of tax reform
I was pleased to see this tweet by Juan Pablo Guererro of the Global Initiative for Financial Transparency, who joined us at City, University of
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