{"id":64292,"date":"2022-08-15T07:53:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T06:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=64292"},"modified":"2022-08-15T07:53:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T06:53:49","slug":"elsewhere-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2022\/08\/15\/elsewhere-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am quoted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/politics\/labours-29bn-cost-living-plan-27738704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Mirror<\/a> this morning on Labour's plan for the cost of living crisis:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><b>Is the plan flawless?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Nope. Luke Murphy of the IPPR think tank said the plan would save millions from \"debt and destitution\" adding: \"This is the scale of intervention we need to see from the government.\"<\/p>\n<p>But Prof Richard Murphy, of Tax Research UK, warned it included \u00a310bn of subsidies to the UK's 20% richest households.<\/p>\n<p>He added schools,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/hospitals\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\">hospitals<\/a>\u00a0and care homes, which are not protected by the price cap, \"all face massive energy bill increases this winter, big enough to wipe out some services, and probably close most care homes.<\/p>\n<p>\"There is no point having a plan for homes if the economy collapses around them.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I also heavily informed a report by Serena Barker-Singh on Channel 4 news yesterday on this subject, although did not appear on air and was not named.<\/p>\n<p>And I am in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshirepost.co.uk\/news\/politics\/call-for-greater-tax-transparency-to-shape-societys-sway-in-holding-governments-to-account-3805175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yorkshire Post<\/a> this morning in the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2022\/08\/12\/the-global-initiative-for-fiscal-transparency-publishes-its-new-principle-for-tax-transparency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tax Transparency Principles<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-csvncw sc-dFdIVH zDRZt eMAqDk markup\">\n<blockquote><p>New guiding principles for tax transparency are published today, for use by governments internationally, and leaning on the expertise of two\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshirepost.co.uk\/topic\/sheffield\" data-vars-event=\"gaEvent\" data-vars-ec=\"navigation\" data-vars-ea=\"in article - outbound\" data-vars-el=\"\/topic\/sheffield\">Sheffield<\/a>\u00a0academics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-csvncw sc-dFdIVH zDRZt eMAqDk markup\">\n<blockquote><p>Now, amid\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshirepost.co.uk\/news\/opinion\/columnists\/the-conservative-leadership-race-has-left-the-majority-of-us-looking-on-as-mere-spectators-david-blunkett-3803238\" data-vars-event=\"gaEvent\" data-vars-ec=\"navigation\" data-vars-ea=\"in article\" data-vars-el=\"plain links\" data-vars-aidclick=\"3803238\" data-vars-titleclick=\"debates\" data-vars-urlclick=\"https:\/\/www.yorkshirepost.co.uk\/news\/opinion\/columnists\/the-conservative-leadership-race-has-left-the-majority-of-us-looking-on-as-mere-spectators-david-blunkett-3803238\">debates<\/a>\u00a0in the race for a new Tory leader which have centred heavily on taxation policy, there are calls for clarity on UK intention - and independent audits for societal gain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The message does move on from this blog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am quoted in The Mirror this morning on Labour&#8217;s plan for the cost of living crisis: Is the plan flawless? Nope. Luke Murphy of<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2022\/08\/15\/elsewhere-5\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}