Will Labour have the sense to go for wealth taxes?
Sunday, June 23rd, 2024As the Guardian has reported: The Labour party has been drawing up options for how it could raise money through extra wealth taxes to help rebuild Britain’s
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Freeports are dangerous
Sunday, June 23rd, 2024I have, as usual, published a new video this morning in which I suggest that Rishi Sunak’s very limited legacy will include the creation of
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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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My appearance on the Jeremy Vine show, yesterday
Thursday, June 20th, 2024As I mentioned yesterday, I was on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2 yesterday in which I was in discussion with a person
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The last thing the UK university sector needs is an increase in tuition fees
Thursday, June 20th, 2024The FT has reported this morning that: A Labour government should take immediate steps to stabilise the UK’s university system, raising the annual £9,250 tuition
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Jeremy Vine: 12 noon, today on BBC Radio 2
Wednesday, June 19th, 2024I am in Sheffield this morning to present a new draft paper that my colleague, Prof Andrew Baker and I are writing on an appraisal
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Labour's creating new tax loopholes to undermine its own tax plans
Tuesday, June 18th, 2024I couldn’t quite believe this in the FT this morning: One of the very few tax commitments Labour has made is that it will close
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Plans for the next few years
Monday, June 17th, 2024I was fortunate to see both my sons on Father’s Day. We don’t go overboard about such events, since as a family we value 365
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It's time to get rid of the UK's tax anomalies
Saturday, June 15th, 2024I have posted this video this morning. In it, I suggest that the UL tax system is riddled with anomalies and loopholes and that if
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