There Is No Black Hole In Government Funding

18th June 2024

Politicians might talk endlessly about black holes in government funding but in reality there can never be any such thing. All that actually exists are choices about how the government might fund its spending - some of which options those same politicians are refusing to consider, at cost to us all.

ABOUT RICHARD MURPHY
Richard Murphy is Professor of Accounting Practice at Sheffield University Management School. He is director of Tax Research LLP and the author of the Funding the Future blog. His best known book is ‘The Joy of Tax'.