Richard Murphy is a chartered accountant and graduate economist. He is director of Tax Research LLP and advises the Tax Justice Network (of which he was a founder), the UK Trade Union Congress and many other organisations on tax policy issues.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBoris doesn't care who he alienates with his regressive tax proposalsMost working people, the young, the poor and middling including many Brexit voters, much of middle England and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe cracks begin to show: a review of the UK economy in 2015 (part one)On the first day of 2016 trading the FTSE 500 index nosedived. This surprised perennially optimistic business...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe cracks begin to show: a review of the UK economy in 2015 (part two)Thus, the ultra-flexible UK labour market (“with employers in the driving seat”, in the government’s own charming...
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Published in: ourNHSAn 'NHS Tax' is not the answerLabour is considering an NHS tax, we are told. But whether through National Insurance, or some other market tax,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain's budget 2012: an overview of the elephant traps
Today the Chancellor presented his third budget since the Coalition gained power and ushered in the era of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMerkel and Sarkozy are proposing a catastrophe that will destroy the left across EuropeThe entire continent is being steered towards disaster - for the sake of economically nonsensical policies that...