The consequences of Rishi Sunak: the PDF version
Sunday, March 27th, 2022I have this morning turned yesterday’s long thread, and those from the two previous weekends, into a PDF, which should be easier to read: If
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The economic and political consequences of Rishi Sunak's failure.
Saturday, March 26th, 2022I have posted this thread on Twitter today. I admit that even I think it’s a bit long for that medium, but equally think it
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The government is forecasting a big fall in its interests costs just as it wants to give tax cuts in 2024
Friday, March 25th, 2022There was a fascinating discussion between commentators Andrew and Clive Parry on this post yesterday relating to the calculation of interest costs on index-linked gilts.
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The state could help those who will be in poverty. Sunak has chosen not to do so, and that's a very different issue.
Friday, March 25th, 2022I admit that I do not think Money Week editor Merryn Somerset Webb a reliable commentator on very much to do with finance, but this
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This is not a time for small thinking when only big thinking will do
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022I have a fairly strong suspicion I will not be getting what I want from the Spring Statement today. I set out my concerns in
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Trust registration starts from 1 September: another barrier to tax transparency is falling
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022In 2005 John Christensen and I wrote this in Tax Us If You Can – the manifesto of the fledgling Tax Justice Network that went
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This is not the time for dogma. This is the time for pragmatism to address the tsunami of poverty heading our way
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022I posted the following thread on Twitter last night, and reproduce it here even though it clearly attracted little interest there. I am incredibly worried
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Redirecting private capital towards investment in tackling climate change by changing the tax incentives for doing so is essential in the new world that we now live in
Monday, March 21st, 2022I have this letter in the FT this morning: You report that Boris Johnson is making an appeal to the Saudis to invest more in
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Sunak could very easily balance his books in 2022/23 - and drive us into poverty as the cost of him doing so
Monday, March 21st, 2022To continue my pre-Budget thinking, I have been considering the impact of inflation on government revenues. Government revenues have been better than anticipated this year,
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