It's time to get rid of the UK's tax anomalies
Saturday, June 15th, 2024I have posted this video this morning. In it, I suggest that the UL tax system is riddled with anomalies and loopholes and that if
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Why do we give small companies a free tax ride in the UK?
Friday, June 14th, 2024My video this morning notes that HM Revenue & Customs reckons more than 30 per cent of all tax owing by small UK limited companies
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Show us your workings
Thursday, June 13th, 2024I have posted this short video this morning. In it, I argue that all our political parties are selling us shorty by claiming that they
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Tax is not essential: public services are. It’s time that election debates shifted their focus
Thursday, June 13th, 2024I have to admit that last night’s Sky Televisi9n debate with Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak was, overall, disappointing and uninspiring. Beth Rigby did her
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Tax the bads
Thursday, June 13th, 2024In this morning’s video, I argue that we all know what the ‘bads’ in our economy are – tobacco, alcohol, sugar, carbon, plastics, and more.
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The Greens: overly optimistic, but at least without the gloom that dominates elsewhere
Thursday, June 13th, 2024I have already done one commentary on the Green Party’s manifesto. But, having looked at the costings of other parties, I feel duty-bound to do
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Critiquing the Green's manifesto on the BBC
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024I was on the BBC News Channel this morning critiquing what I knew at the time of the Green’s manifesto. I admit the one thing
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9.45 this morning
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024If all goes according to plan I will be on the BBC News Channel at 9.45 this morning discussing the Green Party’s tax and economic
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The Tories, ‘fully-costed’ plans and the back of fag packets
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024The Tories have delivered their ‘fully costed’ manifesto. It is, like the Liberal Democrats’ plan before it, far from an adequate explanation of what they
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