- Taxation
Number of UK income tax payers leaps by 4.4m in three years due to threshold freeze
A wealth tax for the UK
How much tax do the rich really pay?
https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/economics/how-much-tax-do-the-rich-really-pay
Global responsible tax – Will wealth taxes work?
https://responsibletax.kpmg.com/article/global-responsible-tax-will-wealth-taxes-work
National debt forecast to treble over next 50 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewlwkg82ggo
Fiscal risks and sustainability. Office for Budget Responsibility
https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/Fiscal-risks-and-sustainability-report-September-2024.pdf
How much tax do the rich really pay?
https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/economics/how-much-tax-do-the-rich-really-pay
Global responsible tax – Will wealth taxes work?
https://responsibletax.kpmg.com/article/global-responsible-tax-will-wealth-taxes-work
Number of UK income tax payers leaps by 4.4m in three
years due to threshold freeze
Billions lost from small retailers in tax evasion, says watchdog
Government borrowing in August highest since Covid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje39jpk404o
2. Working from Home
Amazon tells staff to get back to office five days a week
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj99ln72k9o
Right to WFH boosts productivity, Labour says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz04mr4l90do
Expert who coined presenteeism term says employers who force staff back are dinosaurs
The great divide: are office workers more productive than those at home?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/19/office-workers-working-from-home-amazon
3. Buffer zones around abortion clinics
Buffer zones set to come in around abortion clinics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62m4g2drgdo
4. Elon Musk – hero or villain or both.
Brazil fines Musk's X for site's return after ban
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4dn4z02emo
Chechen warlord accuses Elon Musk of ‘remotely disabling’ his Cybertruck
Elon Musk
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/elon-musk
5. Use loyalty cards to prompt healthy alternatives.
Unhealthy item in the bagging area! Supermarket could use loyalty card data to warn shoppers when they are buying too much fatty food
6. Children’s care homes profiteering.
Unlawful care homes ‘profiteer’ from at-risk kids
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlrl0rkjr6o
7. Last of the Evening Standard
Stop press: it is the very last Evening Standard in London today. And that tells us a lot about Britain in 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/19/evening-standard-london-local-paper