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Key tests for the emergency budget
-Thomas Story is tax director at BDO LLP. The opinions expressed are his own. Join Reuters for a live discussion with guests as UK Chancellor George Osborne makes an emergency budget statement at...
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Osborne to show no sympathy for middle or high earners
-Nick Earl is partner at chartered financial planners Wardour Partners LLP. The opinions expressed are his own. Join Reuters for a live discussion with guests as UK Chancellor George Osborne makes an...
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Taxes and the emergency budget
-Julia Whittle is head of International at Punter Southall Financial Management. The opinions expressed are her own. Join Reuters for a live discussion with guests as UK Chancellor George Osborne...
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UK economy’s make-or-break budget
- Mark Bolsom is the Head of the UK Trading desk at Travelex Global Business Payments. The opinions expressed are his own- Later today, Chancellor George Osborne will unveil his first budget, where he...
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Osborne’s budget alleviates worries over pensions tax relief
-Joanne Segars is chief executive at the National Association of Pension Funds. The opinions expressed are her own.- Osborne delivered a tough and important budget, but one issue he didn’t really...
View ArticleRegulatory gaps let banks off the bonus hook
– The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own – By Peter Thal Larsen Investment banks have reined in their worst pay excesses. But inconsistent enforcement of...
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A budget for Growth?
By Thomas Story, Tax Director, BDO LLP. The opinions expressed are his own. George Osborne has promised that measures to boost sustainable growth will be central to this week’s Budget. To meet this...
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George Osborne and the band-aid effect
The second budget presented to Parliament by Chancellor George Osborne is likely to be less talking and more doing when it comes to bringing the UK’s public finances under control. This won’t be to...
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A hopeful budget, but only time will tell
By Joe White Delivering his second budget speech yesterday, Chancellor George Osborne revealed that he is leaving in place all of the austerity measures which will have a direct impact on the public...
View ArticleA modest proposal for solving the obesity problem
It was bound to happen. You could see it waddling into view from a long way off. We are now being told by the medics that we should seriously consider a tax on fatty foods, in order to combat the...
View Article“Tobin Tax” is a step backward for financial markets
–Tanuja Randery is the CEO of trading services firm MarketPrizm. The opinions expressed are her own.— As the economic downturn continues to drag on, the cynics amongst us might be forgiven for thinking...
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Osborne’s pre-election gimmicks do little to address Britain’s long-term...
By Guest Contributor –Dr Richard Wellings is Deputy Editorial Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs. The opinions expressed are his own.– History is unlikely to be kind to George Osborne. Four...
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A good news story
By Guest Contributor –Cathy Corrie is a researcher at the independent think tank Reform. The opinions expressed are her own.– Today’s budget was a good news story. There is now no major advanced...
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The Mediocrity Trap
By Guest Contributor –Sheila Lawlor is Director of the London Think Tank, Politeia. The opinions expressed are her own.– George Osborne had good news to tell in his 2014 budget. The deficit continues...
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Backing up the rhetoric
By Guest Contributor –John Angood is Tax Senior Manager at BDO LLP. The opinions expressed are his own.– Confidence up. Inflation down. Exports up. Unemployment down. Growth forecasts up. With this...
View ArticleIs controlling your own pension really a good thing?
By Kathleen Brooks A central pillar of George Osborne’s 2014 budget was the announcement that pensioners will no longer have to buy an annuity upon retirement and that they would have more control of...
View ArticleWhy Antwerp is under threat as the world’s diamond trading centre
By Guest Contributor –Vashi Dominguez is the founder of Vashi.com. The opinions expressed are his own.– When the European Union and the U.S. took action against Russia over the invasion of Crimea and...
View ArticleCameron takes deficit amnesia to a new level
By Ian Campbell The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. David Cameron crowed when UK opposition leader Ed Miliband forgot the deficit in a keynote speech...
View ArticleBoris should pay up but not shut up over U.S. tax
By George Hay The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Boris Johnson has a point about his U.S. tax bill, but he should still cough up. The London mayor...
View ArticleSquaring the UK’s non-dom tax circle
By Hugo Dixon Hugo Dixon is Editor-at-Large, Reuters News. The opinions expressed are his own. Britain’s treatment of its so-called “non-doms” gives some rich people an unwarranted tax break. If they...
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