Taxation revenues are the basis of the modern state. Without them, it cannot perform its administrative and redistributive functions.
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EU politics
aljazeera – Catalonia: EU court says Spain should have freed Catalan MEP to take office
ECJ says Oriol Junqueras, who was sentenced to 13 years in jail over independence bid, enjoyed immunity as MEP. Read here
EU politics
Grace Blakeley: The dark side of the UK’s jobs boom
A financialised economy and weak trade unions mean record employment has done little to increase workers’ pay. Read here
Austerity
Larry Elliot: Austerity is the wrong prescription for the world’s wellbeing
Findings about the impact of a course of heavy-duty cuts on life expectancy make grim reading Read here
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