The government is now consulting on its draft local authority finance settlement for 2020-21. An important part of this is £1bn of additional social care grant, and up to an extra £500m of social care money from increased Council tax. Both Wokingham a… read more
The Government has now published it response to the Loan Charge Review. It is changing its treatment of pre-December 2010 loans and pre-2016 where full disclosure was made and no HMRC Enquiry launched. The position remains complex and each person invo… read more
I would like the Union of the United Kingdom to stay together. I only want volunteers in our Union. I thought it right for the UK Parliament to grant Scotland an Independence referendum given the strength of feeling for independence in Scotland in 20… read more
The government’s website now publishes the Loan Charge Review and sets out the government reply through Jesse Norman’s response. The government is changing its treatment of pre December 2010 loans and pre 2016 where full disclosure was made and no HMR… read more
In an autocracy the Central Bank is the instrument of the state and takes instruction from the government or Leader. In some democracies like Turkey and India the politicians clearly change personnel in the Bank to get the answer they want. In an adva… read more