I had a Telegraph blog published this morning detailing my initial reaction to George Osborne’s new ‘National Living Wage’ (NLW) for over-25s … Continue reading “What’s wrong with Osborne’s ‘Living Wage’ proposals? Ask me what’s right about them.”

Given the proximity to the election, most commentators predicted a ‘Budget of giveaways’, full of populist gimmicks. Judged against that … Continue reading “Osborne’s Budget delivers too little bang for the buck”

We should “choose the future” George Osborne insisted yesterday, in what may yet turn out to be his final Budget. … Continue reading “Small beer Budget: Osborne deserves credit for holding back on the bribery”

Whenever we approach a General Election or Budget, the competition for the daftest tax policy idea is always intense. The … Continue reading “Why Tory plans to reform Inheritance Tax will make a bad system even worse”