Covid's existential question is do we want to survive?
Sunday, May 16th, 2021I have just posted this thread on Twitter: The government is denying it, but the scientists are seemingly quite sure about the fact that we
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We need better taxes to tackle wealth inequality
Friday, May 14th, 2021I thought that this infographic from the OECD on inheritance tax was worth sharing: The message? Inheritance taxes are not working and that we can
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We live in a lawless, fraudulent country managed by a government intent on providing opportunity for corruption
Thursday, May 13th, 2021Data recently published by the UK wide Companies House shows that more than 800,000 companies were created in the year to 31 March 2021. That
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UK company law and tax enforcement is so bad it’s almost as if the government wanted to encourage tax abuse
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021The Guardian ran an excellent article yesterday on the likely tax abuse inherent in the outsourced Covid track and trace contracts. As they recounted: Many
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Isn’t it time the government became the provider of low cost credit to those in need?
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021Eighteen years ago the Debt on the Doorstep campaign began to tackle extortionate costs imposed by non-bank lenders in the UK market. As the campaigners for this noted
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The IFRS Foundation fails to rise to the challenge of sustainability reporting
Thursday, May 6th, 2021Some readers of this blog will recall that last December I invited those with concern about environmental change to comment to the International Financial Reporting
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People don't trust the government on tax justice and they're right not to do so as we're living in a tax haven now
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021The Guardian has reported new polling by the Coop Party on tax justice related issues. As they note: Boris Johnson’s government lacks public trust to
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Landlords still have the potential to upset any economic recovery - and the government is planning to let them do just that
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021As the covid crisis was developing in March 2020 I argued that one of the first requirements from the government was rent holidays. As I
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How much debt would Scotland owe the rest of the UK if it were to be independent?
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021Summary This is a long post that was first published in July 2020 and which addresses one of the most sensitive issues in the Scottish
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