The Resolution Foundation has been a think tank in search of a party to lobby for some time. Chaired by ex Tory minister David Willets
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Will Labour get their new-found faith in a People’s Vote seriously wrong?
According to many sources: Labour is moving towards a compromise plan that would allow Theresa May’s Brexit deal to pass but make clear that parliament
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Scotland has to have its own currency on day one of independence: nothing less would do
As The National newspaper has reported in Scotland: The National can reveal that an independent Scotland will establish its own currency, according to proposals to
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Automatic information exchange from tax havens works
A story I have told a number of times is how in June 2009 I was told by the UK Treasury that automatic information exchange
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The Green New Deal could take the form of a bus
These statistics come from Common Space in Scotland this morning, but I strongly suspect that they would be consistent in England and Wales as well: The
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In praise of Tax Inspectors Without Borders
I share the following from the Tax Justice Network. It’s about a programme in which I played no part, but which has had significant benefit:
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Customs clearances will cost £250 million a week in the case of No Deal
The government suggested the cost of No Deal Brexit yesterday. They were estimates, of course. And all estimates are wrong, by definition. But I think they
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Brexit: MPs sink to a new collective low of incompetent acquiescence
I sat, open-mouthed and incredulous when watching the news that MPs welcomed Theresa May’s announcement of new votes on Brexit on March 12, 13 and 14
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Income inequality, by design
This has just been published by the FT: Income inequality increased in the UK in 2018 as benefits cuts hit the income of the country’s
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