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...Judith Freedman, emeritus professor of taxation law and policy at the University of Oxford, says we now need “fundamental reform and not fiddling” with the tax system....
...From simple classics (see Norma’s ravioli stuffed with peas, wild garlic and shallot) to major statements (Jackson Boxer pairs the plant with deep-fried gnocchi, truffle and Tunworth cheese at Orasay), the...
...Kevin Jackson’s book on 1922, Constellation of Genius, is eye-opening but too generously named. Still, there is a parallel universe where those years of giddy novelty never happened....
...(FT) The day ahead Jackson Hole Central bankers’ annual symposium, held online for the first time, will confront the vast macroeconomic challenge of the pandemic....
...Judith Kerr , by Joanna Carey, Thames & Hudson, RRP£18.95/$29.95 The great children’s illustrator and writer (The Tiger Who Came to Tea, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit) died in May aged 95....
...Mauricio Umansky, founder of the California-based real estate brokerage The Agency, who has handled homes owned by singers Michael Jackson and Prince, and former basketball player Michael Jordan, last year...
...Judith Evans explains how to value a super-prime home....
...more on FT.com Foxtons shutters branches in faltering property market Foxtons closed six branches in the three months to September as it wrestled with a downturn in the market for London homes, writes Judith...
...more on FT.com London property transactions drop to decade low Political uncertainty around Brexit has seen transactions in the central London housing market fall to their lowest in a decade, writes Judith...
...six-year low in London The number of new home building starts in London has dropped to its lowest level in six years as a slump in the luxury apartments market is compounded by Brexit concerns, writes Judith...
...doubt Inflation in the UK was softer than expected in June, casting doubt on an August interest rate rise and prompting a sharp fall in the pound to the lowest level since last September, writes Gavin Jackson...
...In the commercial property sector work began on more than one tower per week in London during 2016, according to my colleague Judith Evan, and a record was set for projects under construction in 2017....
...Works from artists such as Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock and Alice Neel are among about 45 paintings drawn from galleries and private collections across the US for the show, which was...
...filmmaking prop up UK growth The UK economy remained lacklustre in the second quarter of the year, growing only 0.3 per cent, and largely because of shopping, filmmaking and business services, writes Gavin Jackson...
...FT.com Growth in UK manufacturing output slows Growth in the UK’s manufacturing output unexpectedly slowed in June, according to the latest survey of purchasing managers working in the sector, write Gavin Jackson...
...more on FT.com Home ownership in England falls to 30-year low Home ownership in England has fallen to its lowest level in more than 30 years despite government efforts to reverse the decline, writes Judith...
...price cuts and the fall in the value of the pound are breathing life back into the prime London property market, with the number of homes under offer at its highest since before the EU referendum, writes Judith...
...steady growth Consumer borrowing continued to grow steadily in February, defying predictions that it would slow as shoppers began to feel the effects of the weaker pound pushing up prices, writes Gavin Jackson...
...be included in Britain’s official measure of consumer prices from this month, reflecting the rising popularity of “hipster” consumer goods, according to the Office for National Statistics, writes Gavin Jackson...
...It also bought Germany’s SEB Asset Management in August 2015, boosting its investment management arm, writes property correspondent Judith Evans....
...Inflation rose to 1.6 per cent in December, the fastest jump since the summer of 2014, as the falling pound started to feed through to consumer prices, writes Gavin Jackson....
...fears of Brexit slowdown Britain’s dominant services sector grew at the fastest rate in nearly a year and a half, according to the latest survey of purchasing managers published on Thursday, writes Gavin Jackson...
...But the same flaw holds back Judith Hill’s debut Back in Time, which Prince produced....
...Grace Jackson, the Department for International Development’s programme manager in Sierra Leone — the country worst-hit by the disease — became an OBE....
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