President Obama is now calling for international tax reform, following the latest tax avoidance revelations. Someone ought to tap him on the should and point out that the remedy is in the hands of the governments who are losing their revenue. If the tax system has built in leakage holes, then it will leak. Though on reflection it is a bit strange that he does not already know what needs to be done....

At last the truth is coming out. All the blather about vast flows of capital flooding offshore turns out to be nonsense. There is no fleet of ships ferrying containers full of wealth to places like the British Virgin Islands. The owners of this capital have most of their investments in the middle of London, as this Guardian article explains, and this one too. Nothing has gone offshore. This means...

High Speed UK is the greener, well-connected alternative to HS2, write Colin Elliff, Andrew Coulson & Stephen Stretton – and it would save taxpayers billions. Financed by taxing property owners in connected cities on their windfall gains, HSUK would create a low fare, high capacity, interconnected railway network which would generate huge long-term profits for the nation. Our interest...

The Scottish Local Tax Reform Commission has just published its 96 page final report, Just Change: A New Approach to Local Taxation. The remit of the 13-member commission was “To identify and examine alternatives that would deliver a fairer system of local taxation to support the funding of services delivered by local government. In doing so, the Commission will consider: The impacts on individuals,...