I do not understand how hypothecating a small part of National Insurance revenue for the NHS and social care works. Assuming the government presses ahead with an increase in National Insurance for next year alongside a dividend tax levy the bulk of… read more
Readers of my blog may be interested to see my contribution to the debate on GB News – The Clash on Social Care Reform: read more
Published on www.conservativehome.com 457 members of the UK military were killed in Afghanistan this century. We have to ask Why did they die? War is a continuation of diplomacy and politics by violent means. A decent nation only fights a war when… read more
The Chancellor behaves as if he believes the Office of Budget Responsibility forecasts. That way disaster lies. In November they forecast a£394bn deficit for the year to March 2021. By March this year they had found an extra £40 bn and said the defi… read more
The world trading system is not functioning as well as it used to. What began as a result of shut downs of factories and shops from anti covid policies pursued in many countries has morphed into a more complex set of problems getting in the way of smo… read more