Prem Sikka
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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

Emeritus Professor of Accounting. Member, UK House of Lords.
If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.

Prem Nath Sikka, Baron Sikka is a British-Indian accountant and academic. He holds the position of Professor of Accounting at the University of Sheffield, and is Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex. .. more

Business 56%
Economics 31%

UK Govt urged to close £2bn tax loophole in car finance scandal

Law rewards abuse.

Non-bank entities can deduct compensation payments from profits before calculating corporation tax, reducing their bill.

Motor finance arms of banks are considered “non-bank entities”.
Ministers urged to close £2bn tax loophole in car finance scandal
Banks and specialist lenders will not pay tax on compensation payouts, sidestepping 2015 rule
www.theguardian.com

Summing up the UK govt's budget:

Inequalities, profiteering, regressive taxation and neutering of public investment do not provide firm foundations for the economy.

We need a Budget for the masses, not just for the super-rich, bond markets and corporations..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JULf...
House of Lords Budget 4Dec2025
YouTube video by Prem Sikka
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Reposted by Leigh Sparks

BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff.

Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.

Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.

Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.

Back to Victorian times.
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff
Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees
www.theguardian.com

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history

75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men

Is this what democracy looks like?

New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com

Bank of England waking up?

BOE to stress test private equity and private credit industries, can't compel firms to participate.

Some will volunteer, only to impose their will on the outcomes.

Industry is estimated to have assets of £8.23 trillion.

Govt pushing for deregulation.
Bank of England to stress test private credit firms as concerns grow
The central bank said it has launched a new exercise to stress-test the resilience of the market.
www.independent.co.uk

Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK.

UKIP/Reform/Farage damaged the economy with Brexit, now destroying the NHS.

The UK is an ageing society, without immigration the economy can't function. Will we ever get an honest debate?
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com

Human cost of the Post Office scandal.

Sub-postmaster passed away from a heart attack at the age of 58 without receiving full compensation.

A "constant cycle of stress" created by false prosecutions of many. Lives destroyed.

No one charged.
My husband would still be alive if he'd received Post Office compensation
The widow and daughter of Jonathan Armstrong tell the BBC about the toll the Horizon scandal took on his health.
www.bbc.co.uk

Crypto investor gives £9m to Reform UK as donations exceed those to Tories.

Super rich don't donate, they invest to shape party policies to secure advantages for their class.

Normal people can't match them.

Direct donations to political parties must be criminalized.
Crypto investor gives £9m to Reform UK as donations exceed those to Tories
Christopher Harborne’s record gift revealed in Electoral Commission figures prompts renewed calls for cap on political donations
www.theguardian.com

Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar.

Is the aim to help people or squeeze them?

Poverty causes insecurity, anxiety.

Need equitable distribution of income; better housing, healthcare, education, support services, progressive taxation.
Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar
Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’
www.theguardian.com

Need consumer elected directors on the boards of regulatory bodies, and consumers must vote on the board's salaries.

The £150 reduction in energy bills is illusory.

Green levies will be paid out of general taxation.

Energy company profit margins won't decline.