Rishi Sunak is to blame for the inability of millions to work taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/2… Sunak is blaming ‘sick note culture’ when his government ignores the risks from sugar, ultra-processed foods and Covid whilst increasing economic stress and extending working lives. Any increase

Welfare for wealthy people youtu.be/Pqwd0DDV-Aw?si… The Bank of England has increased interest rates and so massively increased the spending power of the wealthy during a period of inflation when it is trying to cut the spending power of everyone else - and that's totally unfair.

Labour has abandoned its environmental commitments. Is it any surprise that UK big business is following its lead? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/2… When Labour is sending out the signal that tackling climate change is unaffordable (even though it isn’t) big business is only too willing to

Is foreign policy a reason for Scotland to leave the Union? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/2… Scotland wants peace. London is supporting aggression. Can the two be reconciled in one nation?

Rishi Sunak is to blame for the inability of millions to work taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/2… Sunak is blaming ‘sick note culture’ when his government ignores the risks from sugar, ultra-processed foods and Covid whilst increasing economic stress and extending working lives. Any increase

Badenoch’s spinning a totally fabricated yarn about the origins of the UK’s wealth taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/1… Badenoch’s denial of the role of racist, colonial exploitation in creating the UK’s national wealth and status does not just fail; it stinks because she is denying the truth

Why is there no national insurance on investment income? youtu.be/5YvNLF2f7Bo?si… via YouTube If you work you pay national insurance. If you get your income from dividends, rent and interest you don’t pay NI. That means the tax system is heavily biased towards the wealthy. Why?

Explaining the economic consequences of the UK's defence policy thenational.scot/politics/24265… My discussion in The National of the economic implications of warmongering for the UK, Scotland and the independence debate.

Explaining the economic consequences of the UK's defence policy thenational.scot/politics/24265… My discussion in The National of the economic implications of warmongering for the UK, Scotland and the independence debate.

The dogmatists in the Labour Party would appear to really dislike young people in the UK...

Why is there no national insurance on investment income? youtu.be/5YvNLF2f7Bo?si… via YouTube If you work you pay national insurance. If you get your income from dividends, rent and interest you don’t pay NI. That means the tax system is heavily biased towards the wealthy. Why?

The Bank of England does not care taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/1… The Bank of England's policies are imposing inflation on those living in rental accommodation of almost three times the national average rate. The policymakers of the Bank of England live in considerable comfort and

The IMF really needs to work out in whose interests the world economy should be run taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/1… It really is time that the IMF worked out what the economic priorities of the 21st-century are. In particular, they should appreciate the promoting an environment in which

Badenoch’s spinning a totally fabricated yarn about the origins of the UK’s wealth taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/1… Badenoch’s denial of the role of racist, colonial exploitation in creating the UK’s national wealth and status does not just fail; it stinks because she is denying the truth

The cost of living crisis is only deepening for renters. Rents are increasing 3x faster than CPI inflation and food insecurity is much worse for renters than home owners.
Our housing crisis drives inequality, and is made worse by our terrible inequality of wealth and power.

How much more evidence do we need that Brexit does not work?

There is nonsense, bullshit, fabrication and then whatever it is that Kemi Badenoch has to say on any subject theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

A 10% student tax is unfair youtu.be/NCthflI6GFA?si… via YouTube Why are we imposing tax rates only designed for those with much higher incomes onto students earning little more than the minimum wage? It makes no sense, at all.

The FT view: let those least able to pay bear the burden of tax taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/1… The FT has an editorial on tax today, implying that if the wealthy are asked to pay more, they will run away. Except that there is no evidence that many will ever do that. So what they're

A 3% inflation target would work just as well as a 2% one, so why are we going to pay such an enormous price to get to 2%? youtu.be/ykvEJyQJACk?si… via YouTube