Do we need an investment income surcharge to level the playing field in UK taxation?
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023I referred to the need to tax capital gains at higher rates yesterday if any party was serious about tackling inequality in the UK. This
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It is time the accounting profession - and big business - took the environment seriously
Monday, April 3rd, 2023As the FT has noted this morning: They added: As part of a raft of green measures announced on last week, the UK government said
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The Brexiteers have sold out the UK
Saturday, April 1st, 2023The hypocrisy of the Brexiteers in government is revealed in the new agreement to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). We
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Royal Mail is at risk of going bust. Shouldn’t it be nationalised?
Tuesday, March 28th, 2023The Guardian has this headline this morning: Staggering, isn’t it, that something considered a universal public necessity for more than 180 years is now reduced
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The Bank of England can’t even make up decent falsehoods to justify its policies
Tuesday, March 28th, 2023Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank of England, gave another of his excruciating speeches on economics yesterday. You only had to read it to
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And yet more glossary items
Saturday, March 25th, 2023I thought I had finished for the day yesterday when I posted a list of more than thirty new glossary items that I added yesterday,
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More glossary items
Friday, March 24th, 2023I have been adding new entries to the glossary to celebrate a quieter day: EU Code of Conduct on Business Taxation Excise duties Customs duty
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We need industry wage boards
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023One of the problems that exists within the economy at present is low pay. Far from their being a wage-price spiral, pay is dragging behind
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Taxes on advertising
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023I was challenged in a comment yesterday on whether the Green New Deal was radical on issues relating to consumption. My response was to refer
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