Elsewhere
Monday, August 15th, 2022I am quoted in The Mirror this morning on Labour’s plan for the cost of living crisis: Is the plan flawless? Nope. Luke Murphy of
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New standards for tax transparency published for governments around the world
Monday, August 15th, 2022The following news release was issued by my employer, the University of Sheffield, this morning, and relates to a story here on Friday: New standards
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Does Starmer's energy plan work? I have my doubts
Sunday, August 14th, 2022I have posted this thread on Twitter this morning: At long last Keir Starmer has said what he wants done about the cost of living
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Tory infighting will make the recession to come very much worse
Friday, August 12th, 2022I have posted this thread to Twitter: The Tory leadership campaign grinds on. The offers from both candidates continue to make no sense. The coming
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The Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency publishes its new Principle for Tax Transparency
Friday, August 12th, 2022I am pleased to report that the Global Initiative for Financial Transparency has approved its new Principles for Tax Transparency. In itself, I think this
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Gordon Brown's plan for energy is half-baked, at best
Thursday, August 11th, 2022I posted this on Twitter last night: Gordon Brown has suggested temporarily nationalising energy companies that struggle over the next year or two, before handing
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We need to tax wealth more - but in the right way
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022Wealth taxes are often said to be the source of the additional revenues this country needs to solve its financial problems. There are two problems
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Universal basic services are the only answer to the crisis we are facing
Friday, August 5th, 2022I have just posted this long, but I think fairly important, thread to Twitter: Some people might have noticed that I disagreed the Bank of
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The time was always going to come when it would become apparent that capitalism just does not care: that time is now.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022Earlier this year I wrote a Twitter thread explaining why the profits of energy companies would rise dramatically this year as a result of the
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