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Document contains tributes to perm sec axed by Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng

There is unexploded ordnance in the UK economy, and there are fears that it will start to ignite.

What is the appropriate act to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Value Added Tax in the UK? Are we celebrating? Surely not. Are we mourning? If only. But we should at least pause and reflect on the central role that VAT has played in our recent economic history.  The third largest source of tax revenue,

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Simon Case has been accused of letting UK leader Liz Truss sack the Treasury’s top official without defending his role in government

Cameron set for grilling over Treasury lobbying Former PM and financier Lex Greensill will face select committee probe next week, MPs confirm David Cameron PA 07 May 2021 David Cameron will next week be put under the spotlight to answer hugely uncomfortable questions over his lobbying of chancellor Rishi Sunak and HM Treasury perm sec Sir Tom Scholar on behalf of failed financial firm Greensill Capital. Members of the Treasury Select Committee are running one of three parliamentary probes into ...

MPs told BEIS non-executive director is “wrong man” to probe government’s involvement with collapsed financial firm