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Andy Verity @andyverity.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Yep - read that. Tells you things most of us never knew - including those who have a degree in economics. You don’t have to swallow everything in MMT to recognise it yields insights - because, unlike neoclassical economics, it tries to deal in detail with how the public finances actually work.

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Andy Verity @andyverity.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

@faisalislam.bsky.social On top of the failure to get the proceeds of the Chelsea sale to the victims of the war in Ukraine, evidence from leaked files reveals Abramovich has been dodging tax for decades, set out in a File on 4 exposé earlier this year: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, Abramovich, the Yachts and the Tax Dodge

Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich dodged millions of pounds in VAT on his superyachts.

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Andy Verity @andyverity.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Behind claims by Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo that they were wrongly jailed is a deep scandal stretching back to 2007. Click on the links and you’ll see and hear evidence, covered up for years, of pressure to rig interest rates from central banks and governments…. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Rate 'rigging' traders say they were scapegoated - now the Supreme Court will decide

Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo were among 37 City traders prosecuted for

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New Economy Brief @neweconomybrief.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The biggest disability cuts on record? This week, we explore the scale of disability benefit cuts, the economic and moral arguments around this controversial decision, and the impact it will have on millions of people. www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/s...

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Spring Statement Part 2: The biggest disability cuts on record? | NEB Digest

This week, we explore the scale of disability benefit cuts, the economic and moral arguments around this controversial decision, and the impact it will have on millions of people.

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Andy Verity @andyverity.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Chuffed that our File on 4, 'Abramovich, the Yachts and the Tax Dodge' has made it into Pick of the Week with Clive Anderson - on in 15 minutes (or BBC Sounds anytime).

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Andy Verity @andyverity.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Deloitte said it had always acted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

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Andy Verity @andyverity.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

When the EU sanctioned Russians after invasion of Ukraine, the UK offered to help fund a new National Sanctions Implementation Unit in Cyprus, announced in December by Keir Starmer on a state visit. A global firm of consultants would help to set it up.Their name? You guessed it. Deloitte.

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Andy Verity @andyverity.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The firm administering Abramovich's fortune was also run by a former Deloitte partner, who continued to work with Deloitte until 2022, when both he and his firm were sanctioned. Now comes the kicker:

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Andy Verity @andyverity.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Deloitte advised Blue Ocean that if the ships are pleasure vessels, they have to pay VAT. But if the vessels are classified as commercial, they don’t.

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Andy Verity @andyverity.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

In case you haven't yet listened yet to File on 4 Investigates this week, it reveals that global consultants Deloitte helped Roman Abramovich’s yacht management company Blue Ocean when they set up their yacht chartering scheme: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, Abramovich, the Yachts and the Tax Dodge

Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich dodged millions of pounds in VAT on his superyachts.

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