I (with others) have a letter in the FT this morning: Reform would be little more than additional VAT From Professor Richard Murphy and others
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Tax evasion is not the exclusive preserve of large companies and the wealthy
According to the Guardian Jeremy Corbyn said this on Friday: We believe that the real divide in our society is not between people who voted
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91% of US Democrats wholly or partially back the Green New Deal
As the Guardian has noted, the De Moines Register (a newspaper in Iowa, USA, with a good track record on polling) has done a poll
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Labour’s proposed reform of tenancies will create a bad law to replace a bad law – UPDATED
I wish I knew who was doing the thinking in Labour right now. If I did I might ask them to do better. The latest
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The FT gives editorial backing to People’s QE as the answer to the next downturn
An FT editorial this morning says, in conclusion to a discussion on the European conventional QE programme, and having noted that the programme in question
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The writing is on the wall for oil
The FT has reported that: Norway’s $1tn oil fund should sell out of oil and gas shares, the country’s government has recommended, in a move
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Companies House is not fit for purpose
The Treasury Committee of the House of Commons has reported this morning on economic crime in the UK. It thinks Companies House a major weakness
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Neoliberalism kills
The Guardian reported yesterday that: British adults’ life expectancy has been cut by six months in the biggest reduction in official longevity forecasts. The Institute
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Why every company should have its accounts on public record
There has been a lot of comment this week from the Crown Dependencies on why they should not be required to have a register of
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