The Taxing Wealth Report: Abolishing the UK's student tax would cost £4 billion a year
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024I have this morning published the latest note in my series that will make up the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. This latest note suggests that the
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People want debt
Monday, January 22nd, 2024As the FT notes this morning: US corporate bond markets are “on fire” as companies have sold a record $150bn of debt since the start
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Aren't sanctions to force Netanyahu from office essential now?
Monday, January 22nd, 2024The FT has reported this morning that: The EU has urged member states to impose “consequences” on Israel if its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues
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The UK economy is just a tale of one failed decision after another
Monday, January 22nd, 2024If you ever watched Alan Bennett’s ‘The History Boys’, you will know that according to one of the characters, ‘history is just one fucking thing
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What we’re missing is politicians who believe change for the better is possible
Sunday, January 21st, 2024I admit that one of the difficulties of blogging regularly is working out what is worth talking about, and what just keeps the flow going.
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How sustainable is our national debt? Have your say.
Saturday, January 20th, 2024The UK parliament’s House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has issued a call for evidence, asking the question, ‘How sustainable is our national debt?’ In
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The current tax scandal was avoidable - and major reform are still required so that small business is taxed fairly
Friday, January 19th, 2024The so-called loan scheme tax charge imposed by HM Revenue & Customs mainly on those who had, in my opinion, undoubtedly engaged in tax avoidance
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The UK’s leaders are united, but only in their indifference to what happens within it but outside England
Friday, January 19th, 2024As Politico reports in their daily morning email today: Following Northern Ireland’s biggest ever public sector strikes on Thursday, Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris issued
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UK banks are rubbish: of course they are undervalued
Friday, January 19th, 2024The FT noted last night that: Jeremy Hunt has called in Britain’s largest banks to discuss why they remain so poorly valued compared with global
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