I see that those on pension credit (the means-tested supplement to the basic state pension), along with others receiving benefits, are to be...

This is a letter sent to Bel Mooney, the ‘agony aunt’ of the Daily Mail . Dear Bel Every day I wake up and pray: ‘Please God let today be...

(This is an update on the blog post of 25 April 2011 , commenting on the government’s plans to tax property. Looking at the recent Budget, i...

George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announcing the Budget yesterday, said: ‘I regard tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance a...

text of a letter to an academic I have had to attempt to claw my way back to a tolerable life after the ruin of my career and family life ca...

A recent article from the Daily Mail on the Government's plans for pensions tax relief: Higher earners should lose higher rate tax reli...

How can it be that I complain of the lack of support for my work? Well, of course, lack of support for ‘my work’ is lack of support for me ...

Once upon a time a headmistress said of me, ‘It will be good for her not to be treated as an exception.’ I found it very difficult to under...

text of a letter to an academic Everything goes from bad to worse, as it is intended to do. Professor David Eastwood, the vice-chancellor of...

Middle-class families face a battering in next month’s Budget after the Chancellor ruled out major changes to his plans to slash child benef...