The accounting profession confirms that it is in denial on climate change
Friday, April 1st, 2022My timing in issuing my new draft Financial Reporting Standard on Accounting for Environmental Change was exquisite, and quite by chance. Yesterday the International Financial
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Getting proper accounting for environmental change is going to be a long slow burn, which is not what the planet can afford
Friday, April 1st, 2022My new draft Financial Reporting Standard on Accounting for Environmental Change got into AccountingWEB yesterday: I fear this one is going to be a long,
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Rishi Sunak should read the Ministerial Code. It's not just that his wife's financial affairs are fair game, we should be talking about them
Friday, April 1st, 2022Rishi Sunak played a number of cards very badly yesterday when he said that it was not appropriate for people to question his wife’s income
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When will it be admitted that Brexit has failed?
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022The FT reports this morning that: Downing Street is exploring yet another delay to post-Brexit border checks on goods entering Britain from the EU to
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It’s time to take royalty out of the constitution
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022I spent some time yesterday telling myself that I really did not need to write anything about the conduct of the Queen. However, in the
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Sunak is withholding billions from those in need on the basis of accounting that he knows to be dubious. As evidence of immoral conduct goes, this is pretty staggering
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022I posted this Twitter thread yesterday. As it was actually written on Twitter I do not have a text version to share: The OBR forecast
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The Green New Deal can offer a more secure future
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022My Green New Deal and Finance for the Future colleague Colin Hines had this post on the Green Alliance blog this week. It is shared
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NatWest: the truest indication of the Tory’s ability to waste opportunity
Monday, March 28th, 2022As The Guardian has noted this morning: NatWest Group has agreed to buy back shares worth £1.2bn from the UK government, in a transaction that
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The new Tory education policy is practically, socially and ethically bankrupt policy pursued solely for the financial benefit of a few at cost to many
Monday, March 28th, 2022After three weeks of concentration on this blog on budget related issues, I may be spending a little less time on blogging in the week
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