Naomi Fowler (@naomifowler.bsky.social)

@weownit.org.uk Oct 11, 2026, 9:30 AMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

Barry Gardiner MP has the receipts; showing that England's water companies are persistently failing in their statutory duties. As Secretary of State for the Environment Angela Eagle already has the power to take them into Special Administration. "She can. She should."

@peterjukes.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:03 AMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years

Truth is the daughter of Time

@jamiedriscoll.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:57 AMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

33% during Andy Burnham’s honeymoon is a serious result. Did anyone believe this was likely when @zackpolanski.bsky.social became @greenparty.org.uk leader last September? The heat is on for Labour to deliver.

Full article: northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

@naomifowler.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:39 PMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

It's indefensible. Yet no tax breaks for ordinary people who are earning a struggling level wage and below. Redistribution upwards. That's not what tax was supposed to be for. Burnham's first budget had better do some serious redistribution to match all the fine words.

@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:54 PMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment.

www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

@naomifowler.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:39 PM

It's indefensible. Yet no tax breaks for ordinary people who are earning a struggling level wage and below. Redistribution upwards. That's not what tax was supposed to be for. Burnham's first budget had better do some serious redistribution to match all the fine words.

@naomifowler.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 9:30 PMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

The @taxjustice.net podcast is just out with the latest on negotiations on a UN tax convention, startling new estimates on the benefits to nations of UN tax reform ambitions and news from Malta on the trial verdict of a businessman accused of complicity in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia

@edasuaconta.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:17 PMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

🎙️ NO AR! Multinacionais: onde lucram, deveriam ser tributadas #85

1/ Pelo menos 500 bilhões de dólares por ano para políticas públicas se multinacionais forem tributadas onde fazem seus lucros

podcasts.taxjustice.net/pt-br/episod...

@naomifowler.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 10:12 AM

So much here from @annpettifor.bsky.social on Central Banks and the types of government policy and intervention needed to avert economic dangers. And the description of gold and crypto as 'barren assets' I'd not come across before but it's a really useful way to understand them

@sumoh7.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 5:43 PMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

Georgia’s economy is 40X larger than Lebanon’s, yet they have shorter life expectancy. That should break every one of our hearts. Republicans keep blocking Medicaid expansion while families go without care.
Remember who made that choice when you vote. #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis

@taxjustice.net Oct 5, 2026, 9:35 PMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

In our latest podcast: the latest on negotiations on a UN Tax Convention - tussles between delegates over modernising a 100 year old global tax system. Plus: startling new estimates on the benefits to nations of UN tax reform ambitions & a trial verdict in Malta with @naomifowler.bsky.social

@naomifowler.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 9:30 PM

The @taxjustice.net podcast is just out with the latest on negotiations on a UN tax convention, startling new estimates on the benefits to nations of UN tax reform ambitions and news from Malta on the trial verdict of a businessman accused of complicity in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia

@naomifowler.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 6:46 PM

2) I have done the narration for a film called The Finance Curse which will be launched next month which tries to address how we got to this sorry position thefinancecursefilm.net

@naomifowler.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 6:45 PM

1) Hostage Nation indeed. Great title for a great report & response to 'we can't afford it'. I'm so glad someone is making these arguments so well. We can't get this mainstreamed fast enough in the public consciousness. hostagenation.com from @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social
@majorityuk.bsky.social

@naomifowler.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 6:44 PM

I've been observing law courts recently. I'm glad PM Burnham is not now reducing rights to trial by jury. However, no one seems to be talking about how the erosion of legal aid since 2010 has led to less criminal defence lawyers, meaning people representing themselves in court take huge extra time

@naomifowler.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 12:43 PM

The UK has probably the worst living standards on record with the future looking even worse &the Conservatives prioritise helping people on £100k+ with childcare support, cutting taxes, 'red tape,' scrapping the Environment Agency, Natural England, 'affordable homes' regs &more deregulation. Genius.

@naomifowler.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:52 AMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

Overspending is not only "driven by an ageing population with increasingly complex care needs, rising inflationary pressures& growing children’s social care demand...pushing many councils to the brink of bankruptcy" Financialisation, private equity & pure extraction keep getting left out of equation

@weownit.org.uk Oct 1, 2026, 6:11 PMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

Children's social care should be about children - NOT PROFIT

Andy Burnham must make tackling the scourge of profiteering from children's care a key part of his National Care Service

Read and share our NEW blog: vist.ly/5kniu

@naomifowler.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:52 AM

Overspending is not only "driven by an ageing population with increasingly complex care needs, rising inflationary pressures& growing children’s social care demand...pushing many councils to the brink of bankruptcy" Financialisation, private equity & pure extraction keep getting left out of equation

@naomifowler.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 3:22 PMReposted by @naomifowler.bsky.social

1) Out soon on the #Taxcast: new estimates on the benefits to nations of UN tax reform ambitions: "For the Global South, after a single year the combined gains of all G77 countries would be enough to repay all outstanding IMF loans..."