Selling England by the Pound
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024The news that Labour is planning to use some form of private finance initiative to supposedly revive the UK, which I have discussed this morning,
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Given the choice, people want tax increases
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024The abrdn Financial Fairness Trust has issued a new report suggesting that: As the nation prepares to go to the polls, new research shows people
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Labour should be putting the UK's savings to use instead of turning to foreign capital
Monday, July 1st, 2024The Bank of England has reported this morning that: Household deposits with banks and building societies rose by £5.3 billion in May. This was driven
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This has been a dismal election campaign for tax
Sunday, June 30th, 2024Is it too soon for an election campaign retrospective? I don’t think so. In that case this is my first. This campaign has been dominated
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What happens if Trump wins the US election?
Sunday, June 30th, 2024I have published this video this morning. In it, I argue that Trump might win the US presidency again. It might be the biggest shock
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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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