Andrew Goodall
@goodallandrew.bsky.social
Retired freelance writer on UK tax law and policy. CAFOD volunteer.
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Every election, millions of us head to the polling station in a conflicted state of mind – should I vote for the party I most believe in, or should tactical considerations come into play?
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Forced to make a tactical vote? We shouldn’t have to vote for the least bad option
Every election, millions of us head to the polling station in a conflicted state of mind – should I vote for the party I most believe in, or should tactical considerations come into pl
electoral-reform.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Every election, millions of us head to the polling station in a conflicted state of mind – should I vote for the party I most believe in, or should tactical considerations come into play?
electoral-reform.org.uk/forced-to-ma...
electoral-reform.org.uk/forced-to-ma...
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NEW: Removing the National Insurance (NICs) tax break for partnerships would raise £1.9bn while improving productivity.
Here are some of our key findings 🧵
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Here are some of our key findings 🧵
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Policy report: Equalising National Insurance on Partnership Income: Revenue and Distributional Effects | CenTax
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September 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
NEW: Removing the National Insurance (NICs) tax break for partnerships would raise £1.9bn while improving productivity.
Here are some of our key findings 🧵
centax.org.uk/policy-repor...
Here are some of our key findings 🧵
centax.org.uk/policy-repor...
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In October, I warned about "The True Dangers of Trump's Economic Plans" @foreignaffairs.com
The madman strategy would be inherently destructive to economic outcomes, even if 'only' a negotiating ploy, and that the agenda would cause a negative supply shock to the US economy (1/4)
The madman strategy would be inherently destructive to economic outcomes, even if 'only' a negotiating ploy, and that the agenda would cause a negative supply shock to the US economy (1/4)
March 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In October, I warned about "The True Dangers of Trump's Economic Plans" @foreignaffairs.com
The madman strategy would be inherently destructive to economic outcomes, even if 'only' a negotiating ploy, and that the agenda would cause a negative supply shock to the US economy (1/4)
The madman strategy would be inherently destructive to economic outcomes, even if 'only' a negotiating ploy, and that the agenda would cause a negative supply shock to the US economy (1/4)
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Trump seems to think he has bigly economic leverage over Russia
but the country’s trading with the US has collapsed in recent years... goods imports from Russia amounted to $3bn in 2024....
www.ft.com/content/ec99...
but the country’s trading with the US has collapsed in recent years... goods imports from Russia amounted to $3bn in 2024....
www.ft.com/content/ec99...
Donald Trump threatens Russia with additional sanctions and tariffs
US president calls on Moscow to get to the bargaining table ‘right now’
www.ft.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trump seems to think he has bigly economic leverage over Russia
but the country’s trading with the US has collapsed in recent years... goods imports from Russia amounted to $3bn in 2024....
www.ft.com/content/ec99...
but the country’s trading with the US has collapsed in recent years... goods imports from Russia amounted to $3bn in 2024....
www.ft.com/content/ec99...
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i mean one reason they are pounding Ukraine is because US switched off intelligence support!
March 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
i mean one reason they are pounding Ukraine is because US switched off intelligence support!
Current Parliament ‘least represents how the country voted of any in history’, MPs warn www.electoral-reform.org.uk/current-parl... Electoral Reform Society – ERS
Current Parliament ‘least represents how the country voted of any in history’, MPs warn
Last week saw MPs warning that our current Parliament “is the one that least represents how the country voted of any in history”, as the government came under increasing pressure to
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February 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Current Parliament ‘least represents how the country voted of any in history’, MPs warn www.electoral-reform.org.uk/current-parl... Electoral Reform Society – ERS
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Trump and Rubio sued by government workers over ‘catastrophic’ USAid cuts
Trump and Rubio sued by government workers over ‘catastrophic’ USAid cuts
Lawsuit seeks order blocking ‘unconstitutional and illegal actions’ that have created ‘global humanitarian crisis’
The largest US government workers’ union and an association of foreign service workers sued the Trump administration on Thursday in an…
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February 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Trump and Rubio sued by government workers over ‘catastrophic’ USAid cuts
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This is really important. It's a litmus test of the right at the moment - is there anyone out there standing firm against Trumpism?
By the way, if you do come across anyone aligned to the 'modern' Tories (or Reform) who is expressing grave disquiet about the whole Trump project, please do let me know. *
* Do not tell me about figures from 'the old times' e.g. Heseltine, Gauke, Barwell, Soubry etc etc etc.
* Do not tell me about figures from 'the old times' e.g. Heseltine, Gauke, Barwell, Soubry etc etc etc.
I'm tempted to start tracking those on British Right who are finally waking up to the horror of Trump.
But one or two of them need to start the ball rolling...
But one or two of them need to start the ball rolling...
February 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is really important. It's a litmus test of the right at the moment - is there anyone out there standing firm against Trumpism?
"A surge in UK health-related benefit claimants has been caused by design flaws in the welfare system, not by worsening health outcomes or long waits for treatment, a committee of peers has said." www.ft.com/content/6de1...
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January 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"A surge in UK health-related benefit claimants has been caused by design flaws in the welfare system, not by worsening health outcomes or long waits for treatment, a committee of peers has said." www.ft.com/content/6de1...
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Bleak account of working in local papers for Newsquest, which continues to send millions of pounds a year to its US private equity owners, while producing "cheap, synthetic, low-quality fare" and using AI reporters to cover councils. westcountryvoices.co.uk/ultra-proces...
December 3, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Bleak account of working in local papers for Newsquest, which continues to send millions of pounds a year to its US private equity owners, while producing "cheap, synthetic, low-quality fare" and using AI reporters to cover councils. westcountryvoices.co.uk/ultra-proces...
'Opposition parties join forces to oppose employers' national insurance increase' www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
December 3, 2024 at 11:52 AM
'Opposition parties join forces to oppose employers' national insurance increase' www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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TUESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
💰 MPs debate Bill to raise National Insurance Contributions
💼 Chancellor answers oral questions from MPs
🔋 Lords debate the Great British Energy Bill and Data (Use and Access) Bill
More below 🔽
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💰 MPs debate Bill to raise National Insurance Contributions
💼 Chancellor answers oral questions from MPs
🔋 Lords debate the Great British Energy Bill and Data (Use and Access) Bill
More below 🔽
https://buff.ly/4eVNvin
Parliament Matters Bulletin: What's coming up in Parliament this week? 2-6 December 2024
Rachel Reeves will field questions in the Chamber, as her Bill to authorise the Budget proposals increasing National Insurance Contributions reaches its Second Reading debate. MPs will also discuss…
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December 3, 2024 at 7:30 AM
TUESDAY: What's coming up in Parliament today?
💰 MPs debate Bill to raise National Insurance Contributions
💼 Chancellor answers oral questions from MPs
🔋 Lords debate the Great British Energy Bill and Data (Use and Access) Bill
More below 🔽
https://buff.ly/4eVNvin
💰 MPs debate Bill to raise National Insurance Contributions
💼 Chancellor answers oral questions from MPs
🔋 Lords debate the Great British Energy Bill and Data (Use and Access) Bill
More below 🔽
https://buff.ly/4eVNvin
"With more people in work, UK productivity looks even worse than previously thought." www.ft.com/content/0d04...
ONS admits it may not be able to replace UK labour force survey until 2027
Policymakers face further uncertainty over state of jobs market
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December 3, 2024 at 10:40 AM
"With more people in work, UK productivity looks even worse than previously thought." www.ft.com/content/0d04...
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A clip of Keir Starmer is being used to suggest he told UK citizens to leave the country if they didn’t like the changes made by Labour.
It actually shows him addressing Labour members in 2023 following changes within the party to tackle antisemitism.
It actually shows him addressing Labour members in 2023 following changes within the party to tackle antisemitism.
Keir Starmer did not tell UK citizens to leave the country if they disagreed with Labour - Full Fact
A clip circulating online is from a 2023 speech, and Sir Keir Starmer’s comments were directed at Labour party members unhappy following changes made to tackle antisemitism within the party.
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November 28, 2024 at 2:47 PM
A clip of Keir Starmer is being used to suggest he told UK citizens to leave the country if they didn’t like the changes made by Labour.
It actually shows him addressing Labour members in 2023 following changes within the party to tackle antisemitism.
It actually shows him addressing Labour members in 2023 following changes within the party to tackle antisemitism.
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'First-past-the-post has just delivered the most disproportionate result in British history'
✍️ Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk on the launch of the new Fair Elections APPG
✍️ Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk on the launch of the new Fair Elections APPG
The government must tackle distrust in politics – starting with our voting system
If the fight for trust is “the battle that defines our age”, as the Prime Minister has said, it is a battle Westminster is losing.
www.politicshome.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:19 PM
'First-past-the-post has just delivered the most disproportionate result in British history'
✍️ Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk on the launch of the new Fair Elections APPG
✍️ Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk on the launch of the new Fair Elections APPG
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NEW: The autumn 2024 Budget brought some agricultural property into inheritance tax.
So what are the changes, who will be affected and was the change a good idea?
Read the briefing by David Sturrock, Stuart Adam and @helenmiller.bsky.social
So what are the changes, who will be affected and was the change a good idea?
Read the briefing by David Sturrock, Stuart Adam and @helenmiller.bsky.social
Inheritance tax and farms | Institute for Fiscal Studies
The autumn 2024 Budget brought some agricultural property into inheritance tax. What are the changes? Who will be affected? Was the change a good idea
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November 25, 2024 at 1:13 PM
NEW: The autumn 2024 Budget brought some agricultural property into inheritance tax.
So what are the changes, who will be affected and was the change a good idea?
Read the briefing by David Sturrock, Stuart Adam and @helenmiller.bsky.social
So what are the changes, who will be affected and was the change a good idea?
Read the briefing by David Sturrock, Stuart Adam and @helenmiller.bsky.social
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On prices, and why inflation figures aren't capturing public concern adequately. www.ft.com/content/fb32...
November 25, 2024 at 9:12 AM
On prices, and why inflation figures aren't capturing public concern adequately. www.ft.com/content/fb32...
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New data on farms and inheritance tax: a third of farm estates over £1.5m aren’t farmers but wealthy people avoiding IHT by sinking money into farmland.
The Budget hits farmers too hard and tax avoiders too lightly. It needs to change.
The Budget hits farmers too hard and tax avoiders too lightly. It needs to change.
November 24, 2024 at 9:00 AM
New data on farms and inheritance tax: a third of farm estates over £1.5m aren’t farmers but wealthy people avoiding IHT by sinking money into farmland.
The Budget hits farmers too hard and tax avoiders too lightly. It needs to change.
The Budget hits farmers too hard and tax avoiders too lightly. It needs to change.
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lost track of the number of journalists writing that farmers will get hit with IHT above a £1m threshold *for their entire estate*
ignoring the reality that it’s £1m of land per person on top of existing IHT threshold of up to £1m (£3m max)
feels like a major comms failure by government as well
ignoring the reality that it’s £1m of land per person on top of existing IHT threshold of up to £1m (£3m max)
feels like a major comms failure by government as well
November 23, 2024 at 10:16 AM
lost track of the number of journalists writing that farmers will get hit with IHT above a £1m threshold *for their entire estate*
ignoring the reality that it’s £1m of land per person on top of existing IHT threshold of up to £1m (£3m max)
feels like a major comms failure by government as well
ignoring the reality that it’s £1m of land per person on top of existing IHT threshold of up to £1m (£3m max)
feels like a major comms failure by government as well
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We @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social think the combination of national insurance + wage rises announced in #budget2024 will add ~£2.8bn cost to #socialcare providers next year.
That's simply not manageable - and the impact will be felt by people who need care.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
That's simply not manageable - and the impact will be felt by people who need care.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:04 AM
We @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social think the combination of national insurance + wage rises announced in #budget2024 will add ~£2.8bn cost to #socialcare providers next year.
That's simply not manageable - and the impact will be felt by people who need care.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
That's simply not manageable - and the impact will be felt by people who need care.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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🚨 We've launched an exciting new project to track the government’s progress on Labour’s manifesto pledges.
Initially, it looks at 43 pledges but we’ll be adding more in the weeks ahead *and* updating it regularly.
🗣️This is just the start and we'd love to hear your feedback!
Initially, it looks at 43 pledges but we’ll be adding more in the weeks ahead *and* updating it regularly.
🗣️This is just the start and we'd love to hear your feedback!
Government Tracker - Full Fact
Full Fact tracks Labour’s 2024 manifesto pledges
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November 20, 2024 at 4:36 PM
🚨 We've launched an exciting new project to track the government’s progress on Labour’s manifesto pledges.
Initially, it looks at 43 pledges but we’ll be adding more in the weeks ahead *and* updating it regularly.
🗣️This is just the start and we'd love to hear your feedback!
Initially, it looks at 43 pledges but we’ll be adding more in the weeks ahead *and* updating it regularly.
🗣️This is just the start and we'd love to hear your feedback!