This is from the Guardian this morning: Accounts for Patisserie Valerie dating back to at least September 2014 contain unreliable figures on its financial performance, according to
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Where have 70% tax rates worked? In the USA, for a start….
This is worth reading, and watch the video: Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) 29/01/2019, 20:18 We have a rigged tax code that has essentially legalized tax-dodging for
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What’s a bad night for May like now?
There is little time for blogging today: the day job demands attention from hereon. But, first a thought on reaction in this morning’s media, which
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There are two deals left on the table: No deal and the EU’s deal (which is no longer May’s deal). Which would you choose?
So, the Commons has voted. It would seem that it has rejected No Deal, because one non-binding amendment that suggested this was passed. But it
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The Big 4 are unable to imagine a process of change
Accoring to The Times: The heads of Deloitte, KPMG, EY and PWC have written to the Commons business committee to say the competition watchdog should
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Who needs austerity if there’s an alternative?
This article by me was published in the Lebanese publication Al Akhbar this weekend. This version is translated back into English: Moody’s downgraded Lebanon’s debt
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Is the subsidy to self employment worth it?
This comes from: Business owners earning £40k pay £4,500 less tax than employees, figures show. With the 31 January self assessment deadline looming, a campaign
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The demise of the Conservative Party
Matthew d’Ancona has an article worth reading in the Guardian. As a former Spectator editor he is naturally a right winger. And as he puts
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Tax, cars, Dyson and Singapore
To continue the Singapore-on-Thames theme of the last few days, the Guardian had an article yesterday that, it transpired, was pretty much dominated by my
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