The Budget: first reactions
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024I am writing this, minutes after hearing the Budget, having read little of the reaction of others to it, and having just come out of
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To be selfish or not, that is the question
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024The Office for Budget Responsibility published this in March 2023, but the data has not moved that much since then: There will be much talk
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How to pay for a Green New Deal
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024I was at a meeting of the Green New Deal Group in parliament last night. Let me leave aside the increasing absurdity that I feel
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Budget messaging
Monday, March 4th, 2024I was on LBC radio yesterday, talking about this week’s budget . At 9 am this morning I will be on Nicky Campbell’s show on
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: a pre-Budget summary
Monday, March 4th, 2024The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 and the Budget In anticipation of the UK budget this week, I thought it important to provide a summary of
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The Tory view of British values
Saturday, March 2nd, 2024Rishi Sunak spoke yesterday of the need for the government, police and others to stand up against those who oppose British values. But, just what
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Tax havens exist to undermine democracy. They are a fundamental threat to our way of life.
Saturday, March 2nd, 2024Not long after I first began to work on tax haven reform more than twenty years ago I realised that the problem that these places
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Removing the domicile rule would be a rare smart move by Jeremy Hunt
Thursday, February 29th, 2024As the Guardian reports this morning: Jeremy Hunt is considering scrapping Britain’s non-domiciled tax rules in next week’s budget, it has been reported, in a
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Glossary entry: taxpayers' money
Thursday, February 29th, 2024I was asked if I might write a glossary entry on taxpayers’ money yesterday. This is my proposed entry. Comments are welcome: There is no
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