Raising the state pension age is regressive class politics – the Tories have no excuse for it
Forcing people to retire later is class politics dressed up as economic policy.
Prem Sikka
The government’s latest cure for financial economic crime is another placebo
The government launched a new agency for tackling financial crime today. It will make little or no difference though. Here’s why.
The EU claims it’s getting tough on tax evasion – this couldn’t be further from the truth
Their new blacklist of 17 countries omits the nations where most of the world’s offshore wealth is hidden.
Corbyn is right to go after the bankers. Here’s how he should start
City firms have failed to learn the lessons from the crash – a Labour government must finally bring them into line.
The government’s industrial strategy relies on a totally discredited economic model
Theresa May is relying on ‘free trade’ and Thatcherite economic policy to revive British industry. It will do no such thing.
Hammond’s budget picked Tory ideology over boosting Britain’s economy
The Chancellor should have taken the chance to revive a stagnating UK. Instead he scrimped on it.
The Paradise Papers show accountancy firms are engaged in wilful and organised hypocrisy
Major accountancy firms are key players in tax avoidance — but at the same time publicly claim to have “high moral standards”. This myth must be quashed.
There are clear ways to rebuild our broken economy but the government is blinded by Tory dogma
It’s not just about increasing borrowing — we need to start closing corporate tax loopholes.
The Paradise Papers are the direct result of wilful Tory inaction on tax avoidance
The growth of offshore tax havens is no coincidence — the government prioritise helping the rich and powerful at the expense of everyone else.
Here’s why you shouldn’t trust the Tories’ tax revenue figures
Rather than responding honestly to a difficult question, the Prime Minister appears to have engaged in some creative accounting.