Topic: Geoffrey Howe

Neil Collins: My warning to Brown and Darling

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1173 days ago
Economics is not a game. Such has been the scale and speed of the collapse of the Government's finances that it now needs to borrow ?300 billion in the next three years, or ?5,000 for every man, woman and child ...

Howe report: Tories promise to give early warning of big tax changes

guardian.co.uk - 1325 days ago
A Conservative government would end the " rabbits from the hat" practices of Gordon Brown by ensuring that major tax changes are proposed at least four months before the annual budget, the party will announce today.A report on tax simplification by the ...

A selection of recent paperbacks

Spectator, The London - 1326 days ago
Non-fiction: Singled Out by Virginia Nicholson (Penguin, 8.99) A Voyage Round John Mortimer by Valerie Grove (Penguin, 9.99) A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr (Pan, 8.99) My Year Off by Robert McCrum (Picador, 7.99) William Wilberforce ...