Normal service will be resumed...
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012There may be erratic blog posting and comment moderation over the next day or two. My wife went into hospital yesterday. It’s only appendicitis – and she
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Why the Tories don't want to close the Tax Gap - my speech to PCS today
Thursday, May 24th, 2012I made this speech (or something very like it) at the PCS conference in Brighton this afternoon. My focus was, of course on the tax gap, but the big
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HMRC's response to the Parliamentary Accounts Committee - it's announced 1,638 more job losses
Thursday, May 24th, 2012The Parliamentary Accounts Committee has issued a report saying it is not convinced by HMRC’s logic that sacking staff pays. It has said that if
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It's the Taxpayer's Alliance worldview - where the rich get richer and all the rest gone go to......
Sunday, May 20th, 2012I note the Taxpayer’s Alliance are publishing a report in the morning on their ideas for the UK tax system. I haven’t got a copy
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Spain following Greece down a road that may become well travelled
Monday, May 14th, 2012Megan Greene of Roubini Global Economics wrote the following this morning: Spain’s credit boom peaked in 2008 when the supply of cheap, external finance began to fall
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For the record: my Queen's speech
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012Having put up Labour’s alternative Queen’s speech, I wondered what mine would be. It would be something like this: A tax justice bill. This would
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Labour's not got enough credit for offering this 5 Bill plan
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012As I occasionally point out, I’m not a member of the Labour party – or any other party come to that. However, sometime something does not get the publicity
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How far does transparency go? George Monbiot suggests Freedom of Information for the private sector
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012I believe transparency can change a great deal. I have major concerns about the abuse of limited liability. I ask for more information from multinational corporations, in particular. Today George Monbiot takes the
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It's a simple choice: mass unemployment and recession, or not
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012The talk across all newspapers is that Cameron has said there is no change to this austerity programme. As an indication of how lame this government is on growth there’s this from
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