Liberty Scott

There's been quite a lot of commentary about whether the "rich" are paying their "fair share" of tax, with an inferr...

Financial Transactions Taxes (also known as Tobin taxes) are the fond friend of the banker-bashing left, believing that there are vast fo...

Now I am not one to accept on face value a report commissioned by an industry sector for political lobbying purposes.  For that is exactly ...

I have a naive fondness for a few elements of the Liberal Democrats in the UK.  It solely comes from the era during which it actually did  ...

It was telling that in a live BBC interview during the Olympics that Usain Bolt said that he would love to spend more time in the UK, but th...

I hope so. Yesterday, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne did his latest U-turn on his budget – he deferred a 3p/l increase i...

The feeding frenzy is out.  In the UK if you legally  arrange your personal affairs to minimise your tax liability then the Prime Minister ...

Next week is George Osborne's third budget, and the big rumour is that he may drop the top rate of income tax, 50%, which applies to in...

A nationwide campaign comes to London today, called National Fair Fuel Day, demanding that the UK government act on fuel taxes. Finally, t...

When you look at Len Brown's plans for spending a fortune on transport infrastructure in Auckland and his plans to charge those using i...

The Press reports on research by an outfit called the International Tax Justice Network claiming that tax evasion costs the New Zealand Go...

Stuff reports " Goodie bags containing iPads and smartphones and instructions on how to maximise your free air travel and accommodat...

Despite all the nonsensical blusterings of the British Labour Party and others on the left who think that government halting the rise of the...