A That’s why no one innovates, unless you can dangle a big financial incentive. Perhaps councils need to introduce fat bonuses? (View Post)

That betrays a complete ignorance of how productivity growth materialises - and explains why we have such a problem with it in UK. If a worker can produce the same in 4 days what previously was done … (View Post)

Classic broken window fallacy. I can’t see how this isn’t absolutely brilliant news for the economy in the long run, while appreciating that there will be some short term costs. Consider tax advisory… (View Post)

The special carve out for family homes is one of the main reasons the housing market is so ridiculously overpriced, and why pensioners cling onto family homes. We should tax them more than other asse… (View Post)

That’s what levelling looks like, I’m afraid. If a 1% flat rate looks mad then it’s not the tax that is the problem. House values will respond, mitigating that impact - setting up in the NE of Englan… (View Post)