Penalties on carers make clear that we are being governed by people who do not care
Friday, April 26th, 2024As the Guardian has noted: New figures show more than 150,000 unpaid carers are now facing huge fines for minor rule breaches, as MPs, charities
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Why more government spending can require more tax revenue
Friday, April 26th, 2024I posted this video, which explains why more government spending in the UK is likely to require more tax revenue to be raised, at least
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Scotland’s political problem
Friday, April 26th, 2024The SNP government in Scotland is in trouble. The coalition agreement with the Greens in Scotland (who are a different party to the Greens in
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Freedom from fear
Thursday, April 25th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: The transcript is as follows: Freedom from fear is one of the things that every politician should
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We need to be awake to nature
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024One of the strangest consequences of running a blog that has quite a high volume of traffic is that I receive a great many press
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What is fair when it comes to tax?
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: This is the transcript: Taxes should be fair. I think that’s obvious. Well, it should be to
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and modern monetary theory - again
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024I had a Twitter direct mail message from a quite well-known person a few days ago, asking two questions about the Taxing Wealth Report 2024.
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Who are the wealthy?
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: This is the transcript: Who are the wealthy? That’s a really important question, especially when I’ve written
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Capital gains tax on houses - again
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024I returned to the subject of capital gains tax on people’s homes yesterday, knowing well that of all the proposals I made in the Taxing
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