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6 May 21
The recently announced budget watchdog created to assess Northern Ireland’s public finances will not have “legally binding teeth” to prevent scandals such as that surrounding the green energy scheme.
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14 Oct 20
The UK government will need to get record debt in relation to GDP onto a “downward path” once the economy has recovered from Covid-19, according to the OECD.
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24 Aug 20
The UK Treasury has denied reports that it is to drop the recently-implemented digital services tax amid fears it could jeopardise a post-Brexit trade deal.
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29 Nov 19
Trade in counterfeit goods cost the government at least £3.8bn in tax revenue in one year, although the real number is likely to be “much higher”, the OECD has found.
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29 Nov 19
The UK should commit to spending £20bn to the UN climate fund until 2030 to pay its “fair share” based on the country’s historical contribution to carbon emissions, a think-tank has urged.
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19 Sep 19
The UK spends more than other countries on education, although there are still a few sticking points, such as university student costs, explains HEPI’s Nick Hillman.
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30 May 18
Governments must invest more in public services and citizens in order to boost sustainable and inclusive growth and tackle the problem of ‘left-behind’ groups, according to the OECD.
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28 Nov 17
The UK economy will continue to slow until at least 2019, according to analysis from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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22 Sep 17
Attempts to stamp out global tax avoidance are being undermined by countries negotiating low-tax sweetheart deals. How should the system be cleaned up?
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7 Jun 17
The UK economy will slow down next year because of the uncertainty created by the Brexit negotiations, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has announced.
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28 Feb 17
Wales must continue to reform its national curriculum and raise the standard of teaching to improve the quality of its school system, an OECD assessment has found.
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14 Oct 16
Government across the world have been urged to consider new ways to provide public services, housing and transport in cities following a review that found cities have higher rates of inequality than...
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5 Oct 16
A leading tax campaigner has said the era of secrecy in corporate taxation is over and called for the UK to get ahead of the game and increase transparency.
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30 Sep 16
Facts and figures from the October 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, our international special, on global life expectancy, government health spending and fat taxes
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21 Sep 16
The OECD has slightly revised up its growth forecast for the UK in 2016 despite what it said was the “extremely high” uncertainty of the impact of the vote to leave the European Union.
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20 Sep 16
The OECD’s straight-talking chief economist tells PF why proactive policies matter more than ever in an uncertain, post-Brexit world
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4 Aug 16
An all-party parliamentary group has claimed the international proposals to combat global tax evasion do not go far enough and may create new loopholes that could be used to not pay the correct...
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27 Apr 16
A UK exit from the European Union would impose a “persistent and rising” cost on the economy, akin to a tax that could cost British households as much as £5,000 by 2030, the OECD has warned
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24 Mar 16
The OECD should no longer be responsible for undertaking reviews of the global tax system, a UK parliamentary group examining changes to the international taxation has been told.
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18 Feb 16
The OECD has urged its members to move away from austerity towards a “new strategy” of exploiting cheap borrowing and increasing public investments, particularly in infrastructure.
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1 Dec 15
UK pension reforms may well fall down in practice unless the economy and employment levels stay strong, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has warned.
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23 Nov 15
The UK has long been a world-leading digital economy. With demographic changes and competition from emerging countries, how can it stay competitive?
6 May 21The recently announced budget watchdog created to assess Northern Ireland’s public finances will not have “legally binding teeth” to prevent scandals such as that surrounding the green energy scheme.
14 Oct 20The UK government will need to get record debt in relation to GDP onto a “downward path” once the economy has recovered from Covid-19, according to the OECD.
24 Aug 20The UK Treasury has denied reports that it is to drop the recently-implemented digital services tax amid fears it could jeopardise a post-Brexit trade deal.
29 Nov 19Trade in counterfeit goods cost the government at least £3.8bn in tax revenue in one year, although the real number is likely to be “much higher”, the OECD has found.
29 Nov 19The UK should commit to spending £20bn to the UN climate fund until 2030 to pay its “fair share” based on the country’s historical contribution to carbon emissions, a think-tank has urged.
19 Sep 19The UK spends more than other countries on education, although there are still a few sticking points, such as university student costs, explains HEPI’s Nick Hillman.
30 May 18Governments must invest more in public services and citizens in order to boost sustainable and inclusive growth and tackle the problem of ‘left-behind’ groups, according to the OECD.
28 Nov 17The UK economy will continue to slow until at least 2019, according to analysis from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
22 Sep 17Attempts to stamp out global tax avoidance are being undermined by countries negotiating low-tax sweetheart deals. How should the system be cleaned up?
7 Jun 17The UK economy will slow down next year because of the uncertainty created by the Brexit negotiations, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has announced.
28 Feb 17Wales must continue to reform its national curriculum and raise the standard of teaching to improve the quality of its school system, an OECD assessment has found.
14 Oct 16Government across the world have been urged to consider new ways to provide public services, housing and transport in cities following a review that found cities have higher rates of inequality than...
5 Oct 16A leading tax campaigner has said the era of secrecy in corporate taxation is over and called for the UK to get ahead of the game and increase transparency.
30 Sep 16Facts and figures from the October 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, our international special, on global life expectancy, government health spending and fat taxes
21 Sep 16The OECD has slightly revised up its growth forecast for the UK in 2016 despite what it said was the “extremely high” uncertainty of the impact of the vote to leave the European Union.
20 Sep 16The OECD’s straight-talking chief economist tells PF why proactive policies matter more than ever in an uncertain, post-Brexit world
27 Apr 16A UK exit from the European Union would impose a “persistent and rising” cost on the economy, akin to a tax that could cost British households as much as £5,000 by 2030, the OECD has warned
24 Mar 16The OECD should no longer be responsible for undertaking reviews of the global tax system, a UK parliamentary group examining changes to the international taxation has been told.
18 Feb 16The OECD has urged its members to move away from austerity towards a “new strategy” of exploiting cheap borrowing and increasing public investments, particularly in infrastructure.
1 Dec 15UK pension reforms may well fall down in practice unless the economy and employment levels stay strong, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has warned.
23 Nov 15The UK has long been a world-leading digital economy. With demographic changes and competition from emerging countries, how can it stay competitive?
