The absence of any sort of strategic thinking within the government is why we're in a mess now
Monday, March 14th, 2022This morning’s newspapers, mixed with some comment from Sunday’s, reveal a continued confusion at the heart of UK economic and political policy that suggests how
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Oil, gas and energy pricing: additional material
Sunday, March 13th, 2022I posted a thread on energy pricing on Twitter yesterday and shared it here. At the time of writing, this has been viewed by more
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Oil, gas and energy producer profits are going to increase 40 fold as a result of energy price increases
Saturday, March 12th, 2022I have just posted this thread to Twitter: Making sense of energy price rises is important. They’re going to be the cause of a lot
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Let us never forget this fundamental truth: there is no source of money other than the State.
Friday, March 11th, 2022On Wednesday I noted the speech that Sajid Javid had made on the future of the NHS in England. In that speech he said: As
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We need open corporate registries now
Thursday, March 10th, 2022Tax Research UK was one of 127 signatories to this statement, issued yesterday: This statement, signed by 127 leading transparency, anti-corruption, journalist and open data
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If we have more than £15 trillion worth of personal wealth in the UK to suggest that we cannot afford to save the planet is quite absurd
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022I was searching data on UK wealth yesterday, checking whether the office for National statistics had updated the information that it publishes on this issue,
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After 43 years neoliberalism has failed. When will the neoliberals admit it?
Monday, March 7th, 2022Martin Wolf noted in an article published yesterday on the FRT that: As chancellor of the exchequer and potential prime minister, Rishi Sunak is an
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If the Big 4 can quit Russia they can quit Cayman, the BVI, Jersey, the Isle of Man, Bermuda and others too
Monday, March 7th, 2022The FT has reported this morning that: PwC and KPMG have severed ties with their businesses in Russia and Belarus, becoming the first Big Four
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Governments should be acting together to stop the wartime profiteering on oil and gas supplies. But will they?
Monday, March 7th, 2022I wrote this yesterday: Some of the messages under the tweet on the cost increases people are facing are shocking. Worse, few see a way
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