The government's desire to have access to the bank accounts of every benefit claimant - including pensioners - whilst refusing to take powers to tackle tax abuse - reveals malicious intent on their part
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023This speech was made by Labour backbench Sir Stephen Timms in the House of Commons on 29 November during a debate on the government’s new
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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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Sunak: so wrong
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023Politics Home reported yesterday: Rishi Sunak has said “climate politics is close to breaking point” and that targets must be reached in a way that
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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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If we are to save human life on earth we need to tax the wealthy a great deal more
Thursday, November 30th, 2023As George Monbiot asks in the Guardian this morning: Why are billionaires blocking action to save the planet? It’s obscene that the super-rich can criminalise
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Reforming the conditions attached to pension tax relief could release £35 billion a year for investment in a UK Green New Deal
Thursday, November 30th, 2023I have this morning published the latest note in my series that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. This latest note refers to a
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There was nothing to celebrate at Sunak's investment conference yesterday unless you were a PM wanting a job in California sometime soon
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023I have an article in The Mirror this morning. Taking a deeply cynical view of yesterday’s posturing by Rishi Sunak on foreign direct investment, the
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100km of cable a day
Monday, November 27th, 2023As The Guardian notes this morning: From next year, engineers will need to roll out more than 100km (62 miles) of electric cabling every day
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Pensions: is new thinking needed?
Monday, November 27th, 2023This is a guest post on pensions from regular commentator Clive Parry, who has had a long career in financial services-related issues. In it he
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