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Monday, July 3rd, 2006Funding the Future is written and managed by Richard Murphy on behalf of Tax Research LLP. Funding the Future, Tax Research UK and The Finance
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You have no money in the bank
Saturday, July 27th, 2024I have published the first in the Economic Truths series of videos. In it I argue that it’s an economic truth that no one has
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Labour is going to announce a budget black hole everyone knew existed
Friday, July 26th, 2024The Guardian is reporting the least surprising news of the morning: Rachel Reeves is expected to reveal a £20bn hole in government spending for essential
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The introduction to my YouTube channel, in French
Thursday, July 25th, 2024A few days ago, I posted this new introduction to my YouTube channel: I would not usually repeat a video here, especially so quickly, but
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The cost of special educational needs could sink local authorities - but there's no need for that
Thursday, July 25th, 2024Both the Guardian and the FT cover a story today that I think is one of the most significant. I have gone to the story’s
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Labour needs to find its moral compass on child poverty
Thursday, July 25th, 2024I published this video this morning. In it, I argue that the row over the two-child poverty cap has revealed just how shallow the new
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Will Reeves remove pension tax reliefs for the wealthiest?
Wednesday, July 24th, 2024This morning’s Telegraph Business newsletter features these comments: This is not the restriction on pension tax relief for the wealthiest that I propose in the
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Labour is a moral void
Wednesday, July 24th, 2024For those unaware of it, Labour suspended the whip from seven of its MPs last night after they voted against the King’s Speech because it
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How much can the Institute of Economic Affairs get wrong about tax?
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024How much can the Institute of Economic Affairs get wrong about tax? In the blurb for a new book it is publishing, written by its
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