A political commitment to transparency has to be our reaction to this war. Our contribution to ‘never again’, if you like.
Sunday, March 6th, 2022I have just posted this thread on Twitter: To pretend that the world is anything like that we lived in two or so weeks ago.
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The UK government is falling way short in its planning for climate change. War cannot be used as an excuse for not doing better. This too is an existential threat
Friday, March 4th, 2022Two parliamentary reports this week tell the same story about the government’s preparedness for climate change. As the FT notes this morning: The UK will
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The UK can no longer afford hollowed out firms
Friday, March 4th, 2022The FT noted earlier this week that: Directors must take corporate culture more seriously following recent company failures, according to the head of the UK
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The minimum level of business disclosure that we need in the UK if we are to beat dirty money
Tuesday, March 1st, 2022Yesterday afternoon I made the mistake of watching Kwan’s Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, announce in the House of Commons what he claimed to be the
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Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Tuesday, March 1st, 2022A quick note to record in the interests of full disclosure that it has been announced today that I have been elected as a Fellow
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We too totter on the brink of oppression. Let’s not pretend otherwise.
Monday, February 28th, 2022We have lived through a weekend where, I think to many people’s surprise, Kiev did not fall. Instead, Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion appears
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No accounting for taste: my podcast with AccountingWEB
Friday, February 25th, 2022I recorded this podcast with AccountingWeb yesterday. I address some big themes in current tax and accounting, including the future of KPMG:
The IMF says Sunak should tax the rich more
Thursday, February 24th, 2022From the FT this morning: What can I do but agree? And, also note MMT in action.
Sunak is not a low tax chancellor
Thursday, February 24th, 2022According to Politico: Rishi Sunak will lay his claim to be a “low tax” chancellor in a speech today as he delivers the annual Mais
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