Taxing wealth: this morning's Twitter thread
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023I posted this thread on Twitter this morning to explain the launch of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024: Everywhere you look there is reason for
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Ending higher rates of tax relief on pension contributions would raise £14.5 billion in tax a year
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023The first of the thirty or so recommendations for tax reform to be made in the Taxing Wealth Report 2024 has been published this morning.
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Wealth is undertaxed by £170 billion a year in the UK
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 suggests that wealth in the UK might be undertaxed by up to £170 billion a year when compared to income
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Launching the Taxing Wealth Report 2024
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023I have this morning begun publishing the Taxing Wealth Report 2024: This introduction says: Brief summary This note summarises the issues that the Taxing Wealth
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The do less and tax less style of government is over
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023As Emma Agyemang in Copenhagen and Chris Gilesl have noted in the FT big read today: [The] entire consensus around taxing and spending could start
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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024: starting soon
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023Unless something untoward happens, it is my intention to start publishing The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 on this site from tomorrow onwards. I will leave
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Starmer's won the battle with Labour but there's no evidence he can win for the country
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023As Politico notes this morning: The consensus that this [shadow Cabinet reshuffle] is a ruthless march of the Labour centre/right (delete as appropriate) at the
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The UK could recover economically - but only if we change our systems of national accounting and our fixation with low taxation
Monday, September 4th, 2023I have already discussed the failure of the UK to invest this morning. The FT highlights another aspect of this today. Having noted our rather
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Wealth taxes: the pros and cons
Monday, September 4th, 2023I was interviewed by Xander Elliards for The National about wealth tax last week. I just found the video on YouTube. This is all pretty
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