When will interest rates start to fall?
Monday, December 11th, 2023As the FT noted yesterday: Investors are right. It is time that the central banks of the world – including the Bank of England –
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HMRC now know how much international tax they're not being paid
Monday, December 11th, 2023The Guardian reports this morning that: US multinationals underpaid £5.6bn in tax in the UK last year, HM Revenue & Customs believes, according to a
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The questions Sunak has to answer today
Monday, December 11th, 2023There are, I think, four key strands of questioning for Rishi Sunak when he appears before the Covid inquiry today. These questions have to be
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How long has Sunak got?
Sunday, December 10th, 2023There is a headline in the Observer today that says: It seems clear that large numbers of Tories have decided that Sunak’s Rwanda plan is either
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The Resolution Foundation’s proposed method for ending stagnation would deliver a massive recession instead
Saturday, December 9th, 2023For reasons I am not sure of, I missed the publication by the Resolution Foundation of its report entitled ‘Built to last: Towards a sustainable
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The world is f*cked up
Saturday, December 9th, 2023I posted this on Twitter whilst dinner was being prepared last night, based on a conversation taking place in our kitchen: It seemed that a
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Sunak’s one remaining priority as PM is how he might spend more time with his family’s money
Friday, December 8th, 2023Imagine you are Rishi Sunak right now. Humour me and try, for a moment. Your migration policy is failing. So too is just about everything
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People know that migration is an issue being manufactured by the Tories to draw attention from their failings
Friday, December 8th, 2023I put this poll on Twitter last night. The response ratios stabilised after a couple of hundred votes had been recorded. It has attracted a
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We can use private capital for public benefit
Thursday, December 7th, 2023I was asked this question on the blog last night and, to be candid, was just too tired by the time I finished work to
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