Interestingly, now the Guardian have discovered your Taxing Wealth Report it seems they have started reading this blog \u2013 and based tonight\u2019s editorial on this post.<\/p>\n
It will be interesting to see if this continues, and whether the Labour Party realise they need more credible advisors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I did, as a result, search out the Guardian\u2019s editorial today<\/a>, which has this headline:<\/p>\n They also picked up on my concerns<\/a> about the appointment of a panel of the supposedly great and good to advise on financial services related issues, which I reposted here yesterday.<\/p>\n In addition, they suggested that a much broader basis for the recruitment of expertise should have been adopted by Labour, as I have said many times before.<\/p>\n And the editorial appears to explicitly support the Taxing Wealth Report line on taxing income from high earnings and wealth more.<\/p>\n So, just for the record, I had no idea that this was being written, and although I did speak to Guardian journalists yesterday, including about my concerns on the membership of this panel, I had no involvement in this editorial in any way, even though its alignment with my views is high. But, that said, I am not complaining. If they stick to this line The Guardian can build a strong policy platform for holding Labour to account, which is essential.<\/p>\n The editorial is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_1388-550x187.jpeg\")
\nThe editorial does, I admit, raise a great many questions I noted here yesterday, <\/a>including about the suitability of both Edward Troup and Bill Dodwell to be appointed to Labour\u2019s new tax advisor panel, and Margaret Hodge\u2019s\u2019 past comments upon them.<\/p>\n