If you look in the wrong place, as Labour plans to do, you will never find the tax gap
Friday, June 21st, 2024HM Revenue & Customs published its new tax gap figures yesterday. They are nonsense, as they always have been. I have explained why here as
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The Scottish election: my conclusion after talking to all three pro-independence parties
Friday, June 21st, 2024This was the third of the interviews I undertook on behalf of The National newspaper of the Scottish political parties’ economic spokespeople. In it, I
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I can't wait for the 5th of July
Friday, June 21st, 2024In this morning’s video, I argue that after 5 July, the hard work begins. Then, we have to work out how truly socially transformative ideas
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The UK's precarious £15 trillion of financial wealth
Thursday, June 20th, 2024In this morning’s video, I argue that although the UK looks to be a wealthy country, with £15 trillion of financial assets, that wealth will
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Inflation is on target and the Bank of England is still wildly out of control
Wednesday, June 19th, 2024As the Office for National Statistics reported this morning: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 2.0% in the 12 months to May 2024, down
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Talking economic policy with the Scottish Greens
Wednesday, June 19th, 2024Continuing my series of interviews with economic commentators pro-independence politicians in Scotland, the National has now issued my interview with Scottish Green MSP, Ross Greer:
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Talking economics with the SNP
Tuesday, June 18th, 2024This is the first of three interviews I have done for the National in Scotland. Each is with the economics spokesperson for a major Scottish
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The Bank of England is the biggest economic threat
Monday, June 17th, 2024I posted this short video this morning. In it, I argue that the Bank of England is threatening to undermine the economic policy of any new
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Why do we give small companies a free tax ride in the UK?
Friday, June 14th, 2024My video this morning notes that HM Revenue & Customs reckons more than 30 per cent of all tax owing by small UK limited companies
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