Securonomics, the right way
Saturday, September 2nd, 2023My friend, Green New Deal colleague and Finance for the Future partner, Colin Hines, has this letter in the Guardian this morning: Rachel Reeves deludes
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I hate to be a contrarian, but we really do not need a wealth tax right now
Friday, September 1st, 2023As I noted in The National yesterday: I stress this is not a deliberately contrarian view. I am aware of all the theoretical arguments for
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Myths about taxing wealth and high earners
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023I got to the point yesterday in my work on wealth taxes where I could feel fairly confident that I had identified all the changes
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The economic truths that seem to have passed Labour by
Monday, August 28th, 2023I commented yesterday on LBC on Rachel Reeves telling the Sunday Telegraph that she has no plans to increase taxes on the wealthiest people in
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The Tories want tax cuts, but that’s just another slogan for them
Thursday, August 24th, 2023July tax receipts by HM Revenue & Customs weren’t bad, so yesterday Tory MPs.were calling for tax cuts. Of course they were. Whatever the situation,
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The UK company birth explosion
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023Earlier this week, I noted the problems with the management of UK companies by Companies House, the failed regulator that supposedly has charge of this
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Greedflation is alive and well in UK boardrooms
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023As the FT notes this morning: FTSE 100 bosses were given a 16 per cent pay rise on average last year, catapulting their earnings to
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Limited liability is now the preserve of the free-loaders
Monday, August 21st, 2023It is the day of the year when, at least with regard to political economy, almost nothing seems to have happened. I am aware of
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The case for investment in HMRC is overwhelming
Saturday, August 19th, 2023The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales published an article this week in which they noted: Since 10 July 2023, an HMRC taskforce
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