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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The choice is simple. Do we run the economy in the interests of those who are in need, or for the benefit of those who already have a great deal but want more?
Sunday, November 26th, 2023This tweet quotes Kemi Badenoch MP, our trade secretary and a person even more desperate to lead the Tories than Suella Braverman. The video, made
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What we need is a plan - and there is none in sight
Friday, November 24th, 2023Having had two opportunities to sleep on the autumn statement, I admit to having worked this morning in a state of greater despair than I
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The Tories are planning some serious austerity, starting very soon
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023This is another Tweet, just posted: So, the Tories are back on the austerity agenda with planned spending cuts that no one thinks are deliverable,
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Radio 2, lunchtime today
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023I will be spending this lunchtime in the studios of Radio Two at Wogan House in London, WC1. This has been the case for almost
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