Staggering
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023The news this morning can be summarised in one word, which is ‘staggering’. Rishi Sunak staggers on as prime minister. He won the vote on
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Working people have the right to expect above inflation pay rises.
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023I have noticed paranoia on wage rises a d their impact inflation reaching the media this morning. The Resolution Foundation would appear to wish to
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HMRC now know how much international tax they're not being paid
Monday, December 11th, 2023The Guardian reports this morning that: US multinationals underpaid £5.6bn in tax in the UK last year, HM Revenue & Customs believes, according to a
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The Resolution Foundation’s proposed method for ending stagnation would deliver a massive recession instead
Saturday, December 9th, 2023For reasons I am not sure of, I missed the publication by the Resolution Foundation of its report entitled ‘Built to last: Towards a sustainable
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We could do things so very differently
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023There are rare moments when I think everything must change. Sometimes, these have been personal. Other times, I have realised that organisations I have been
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Thames Water's auditors have concerns about it being a going concern but will our politicians be any better custodians of our water supply now they believe that they're impoverished?
Monday, December 4th, 2023In a report published earlier this year, I suggested that the English water companies were what I described as ‘environmentally insolvent’. By that I meant
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Why we do not need a wealth tax - but need to tax the income earned from wealth a great deal more
Monday, December 4th, 2023Many organisations on the left of UK politics are now calling for wealth taxes. The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 does not do so. It is
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Accounting Streams
Friday, December 1st, 2023I believe in full disclosure here, so it is appropriate to note that I am a director of this new company, which was incorporated yesterday:
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UK taxes paid by type 2022-23
Friday, December 1st, 2023I write this as part of the background data for the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 that I am now working on and thought it worth
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