I notice that Boris Johnson has joined Dominic Raab (and no doubt some other unknowns) in offering tax cuts as a lure in the Tory
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Reasons to be in the EU: protecting the NHS from US interference
There are many supposed reasons for wanting to leave the EU. As yet I have not found one good one, but I know many claim
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Scotland is being shafted by dodgy data from Westminster
The Scottish government is just about to enter into a black hole of Westminster’s making. That this is the case is hardly surprising. It has
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Just in case you think I’m idling
I had an email that was, I am quite certain, sent with good intent yesterday checking whether or not I was OK as I had
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Inheritance tax is a giant wheeze to help the really wealthy whilst pretending otherwise
Tax Justice UK – which is affiliated to but not the same as the Tax Justice Network, and whose advisory board I sit – was
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Should Corbyn keep prevaricating?
I know all the issues with opinion polls. But people still do them. And they’re not always that far out. At least, big differences tend
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The CBI: a case study in incoherent thinking
There are moments when I think I should read the barrage of press releases sent at me because I am a blogger – and apparently
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The Progressive Conservative – an oxymoron for the Tory party
Charles Adams has published an article on Progressive Pulse (of which I am the director) which I think worth sharing here, precisely because of the
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Why the UK tax system is regressive – whatever the Institute for Fiscal Studies say
About a decade ago I co-authored with David Byrne of Durham University. I noticed that he picked up the cudgel I had already raised against
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