We have a tax time bomb waiting to explode in the UK. Is Labour going to let it go off?
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024I have spent much of this afternoon, a) talking to journalists and b) trying to work out how the Budget adds up. The first task
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The Budget: first reactions
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024I am writing this, minutes after hearing the Budget, having read little of the reaction of others to it, and having just come out of
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To be selfish or not, that is the question
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024The Office for Budget Responsibility published this in March 2023, but the data has not moved that much since then: There will be much talk
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Labour is still talking about the government's maxed out credit card
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024I just posted this on Twitter: He was talking to Sussana Reid (who is an excellent interviewer) on Good Morning Britain. With incompetence on this
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The German government is going to splash €200 billion on supporting its failing private pension arrangements that are going to crash whatever they do sometime soon
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024The FT reports this morning that: Germany to create €200bn fund to support strained pension system The story says: The German government will invest billions
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Jeremy Hunt’s Budget already looks to be failing
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024I will be headed to the BBC’s Broadcasting House in London during the course of this morning. As has been the case for well over
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The lull before the storm
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024It feels like we are in the lull before the storm. Tomorrow is budget day, and I really cannot be bothered to spend time speculating
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How to pay for a Green New Deal
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024I was at a meeting of the Green New Deal Group in parliament last night. Let me leave aside the increasing absurdity that I feel
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Before buyer's regret creeps in
Monday, March 4th, 2024This is worth sharing, sent to me by Ipsos Mori this morning, and maybe useful as a benchmark for use at the time when buyer’s
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