Labour’s tax vacuum
Wednesday, June 5th, 2024I have been thinking some more about Keir Starmer’s performance in the ITV leaders’ debate last night, and have been noting reaction to it, both
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Has the IFS been reading the Taxing Wealth Report 2024?
Wednesday, June 5th, 2024I ask this question because, as the FT has noted: In the Taxing Wealth Report 2024, I argue for a number of reforms to pension
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The leader’s debate: it was not a good night for politics
Wednesday, June 5th, 2024I am normally reluctant to think about politics later in the evening. I start the day with it. I try to close without it, but
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On education
Monday, June 3rd, 2024I can’t remember the last time I felt it necessary to close comments on a post because I felt that they had ceased to be
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Has the London Stock Exchange heard of business ethics?
Monday, June 3rd, 2024Newspapers are excitedly noting this morning that the Chinese managed online fashion group Shein is expected to file a prospectus for a London Stock Exchange
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Do we really need to learn trigonometry?
Sunday, June 2nd, 2024This is my YouTube short of the day – based on my frustration that schools teach maths that is irrelevant to 99.8% of the population
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Accounting Streams at Leeds
Friday, May 31st, 2024I have been discussing accounting education at a conference at the University of Leeds for the last couple of days, and will be today as
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The chance that there might be a fascist regime in the USA before the year is out is very real
Friday, May 31st, 2024The conviction of Donald Trump in New York should not have been a surprise. Others had already been found guilty of related offences. The fact
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Multiplier effects
Thursday, May 30th, 2024This is today’s YouTube short video: The issue is important. Watch it here. The transcript is: At this election, ask any politician you speak to
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