Advancing Fiscal Transparency for Development: a free online course
Tuesday, August 16th, 2022I have posted on the new Tax Transparency Principles that I have co-authored for the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency that were published last week,
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Why aren't politicians talking about the economic meltdown that we are facing this winter?
Tuesday, August 16th, 2022This comes from ‘Surviving 2023’, which I published yesterday. In this section, from Chapter 1, I imagine what will happen if the government does not
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Surviving 2023: How to manage the coming economic crisis
Monday, August 15th, 2022I posted this Twitter thread this morning. The plan to which it refers might be one of the more important things I have written: I
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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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Starmer's plan works as means to get this issue on the political agenda, but leaves a lot to be desired
Monday, August 15th, 2022I have just posted this thread on Twitter: We know more about Keir Starmer’s energy plan. I was critical yesterday when the first sketchy details
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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 economy is sliding and so far there is no one with a plan to help people, which is what really matters
Friday, August 12th, 2022The ONS has published GDP data for June. This summarises the situation: June was bad if GDP growth is the objective (and our political parties,
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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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