A worldwide wealth tax? Why do it, when local progress would be so much easier?
Wednesday, June 26th, 2024I note that the Guardian, amongst others, reports this morning that: An international scheme to tax the wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires is technically
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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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Why the Tories think it's OK to gamble on elections, and the much more sinister dimensions to this belief
Friday, June 21st, 2024Why do the Tories think they can bet with insider information, as they obviously did before the election was called? It’s because they think that
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I can't wait for the 5th of July
Friday, June 21st, 2024In this morning’s video, I argue that after 5 July, the hard work begins. Then, we have to work out how truly socially transformative ideas
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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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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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Talking economic policy with the Scottish Greens
Wednesday, June 19th, 2024Continuing my series of interviews with economic commentators pro-independence politicians in Scotland, the National has now issued my interview with Scottish Green MSP, Ross Greer:
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