Expert Comment
Arun Advani reacts to the Budget
Commenting on the policy changes, Arun said: “Overall this is a good reform, simplifying the regime to provide more certainty for the taxpayer and HMRC, and limiting the scope of the benefit to something much more justifiable.
Agreement reached on global minimum corporate tax rate - expert comment
"this is the real historic step and an important shift away from a world in which a few rich countries (try to) take decisions on their own." Dr Lucie Gadenne of Warwick Economics and CAGE comments on the news that 130 countries have agreed that there should be a minimum global corporation tax rate.
Tax Day - expert comment from Dr Arun Advani
"Tax nerds were promised a mega "tax day" today, with a number of tax consultations being published together. In principle this looked like a fantastic move. Instead we got a snooze-fest, even by tax standards." Dr Arun Advani, Assistant Professor of Economics and Impact Director, CAGE, reacts to "tax day."
Tesco shareholders seek to force vote on tackling obesity - expert comment
A group of Tesco investors will force a vote at this year's AGM calling on the supermarket to do more to tackle obesity by increasing the proportion of healthy foods it sells. Dr Thijs van Rens, expert in the economics of food and obesity, comments.
Forecast for COVID-19 cases in the UK: Updated modelling
The UK passed the peak of new Coronavirus cases on April 8, and the disease is now on a downward trajectory, but zero new cases are not now predicted until early August, according to updated modelling from Dr Roberto Pancrazi (Warwick Economics and the CAGE Research Centre)