Viewpoint: It's Scotland's pound, and we're keeping it
Thursday, October 26th, 2023John Warren was recently asked by a commentator on this blog to explain his opinion on what he sees as the deeply embedded Scottish attachment
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AI is a massive threat to stability - but not in the ways the government is concerned about
Thursday, October 26th, 2023The government is staging a conference today on artificial intelligence, or AI. It is worried about the disruptive capacity of this new form of information
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Arguments for relaxing bankers’ bonuses are bankrupt
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023As the Guardian has reported: The UK’s financial regulators have formally scrapped the banker bonus cap, removing one of the key reforms introduced by the
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Viewpoint: Faith, wisdom traditions and finance
Monday, October 23rd, 2023Prof Atul Shah is an old friend of mine. We were introduced by Prof (now Lord) Prem Sikka (Atul’s PhD supervisor) maybe twenty years ago
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Government can't just ask pension funds to invest in our future: there has to be a stick attached to the demand
Thursday, October 19th, 2023As the FT has noted this morning: Pension funds are resisting a UK government push to invest up to £50bn in projects and business to
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The case for investment is overwhelming
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023As Guardian (amongst others) notes this morning: The UK’s infrastructure needs a big cash injection, with public transport, home heating and water networks all in
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Wages are finally rising faster than infaltion - and so the Bank of England sends out warning signals of new rate rises
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023As the Office for National Statistics has reported this morning: Annual growth in regular pay (excluding bonuses) was 7.8% in June to August 2023, similar
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The government has abandoned a new law that would have massively reduced the risk to savers from investing in UK companies - because the companies did not want to stop the abuse it would have prevented
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023The Tory government has backtracked on another of its promises today. I accept that for most people, the abandonment of a commitment to enhance corporate
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Taxing Wealth Report 2024: Reforming inheritance tax agricultural property relief might raise £1.0 billion of tax a year
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023I have this morning published the next in my series of proposals that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. In this latest note, I continue
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