Why aren't we bothered about small business?
Monday, February 6th, 2023I missed this data when it came out, but it seems worth sharing: The first thing to note is that Covid killed one in twelve
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Is the BBC's reporting on economics impartial?
Tuesday, January 31st, 2023The BBC commissioned a report from Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot that was submitted to the BBC in November and has now been published. It
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Is it time to make tax avoidance illegal?
Monday, January 30th, 2023I wrote this tweet yesterday: We can apparently legislate to make the intention to protest peacefully a crime but we can’t apparently legislate to make
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What we need now is a change to England’s libel laws
Monday, January 30th, 2023Yesterday’s sacking of Nadhim Zahawi by Rishi Sunak following an investigation by the prime minister‘s ethics adviser tells us more than any of those three
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Are the Tories ever fit for office?
Thursday, January 26th, 2023This image was of the Guardian website this morning: The message is clear, as is the juxtaposition: this is a government incapacitated by allegations of
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Andrew Bailey admits inflation is going to tumble but says nothing about interest rates going in the same direction
Tuesday, January 17th, 2023The Guardian has a rather useful write-up of what Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, had to say to the Treasury Committee of
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For jobs and wages 2023 is not starting well
Tuesday, January 17th, 2023New data on wages out from the Office for National Statistics this morning suggests that: Growth in average total pay (including bonuses) and regular pay
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Starmer is talking totally irresponsible nonsense about the NHS
Sunday, January 15th, 2023I am trying, very hard, to keep calm this morning having read the following article on the front of the Sunday Telegraph: It is very
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The wealthiest 10% in the UK get at least £30bn a year in subsidies for their savings each year - enough to pay for the NHS for 9 weeks
Friday, January 13th, 2023I published this thread on Twitter this morning: The government has just published new data on the cost of UK tax reliefs, which is the
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