Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 193 (15th March 2024)
This year we will see 83 elections in 78 countries. What consequences might the 2024 'year of elections' bring?
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Friday Reading Edition 193 (15th March 2024)
While there is no doubt over the election’s outcome, the presidential campaign is already exposing the myth of complete consolidation around an irreplaceable president. Vladimir Putin may be winning in the short term, but he is strewing mines beneath the country’s future.
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Friday Reading Edition 193 (15th March 2024)
As over two billion people prepare to go to the polls around the world in 2024, the digital sphere has become the go-to battleground
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Friday Reading Edition 193 (15th March 2024)
Voters in June’s EU Parliament elections are more likely to cast their ballots in judgement of their
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Friday Reading Edition 192 (8th March 2024)
IfG experts analyse Wednesday's budget announcement.
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Friday Reading Edition 192 (8th March 2024)
“We’ve learned to expect some degree of smoke and mirrors in the Budget. Today was no different, only on this occasion Mr Hunt decided to tax the smoke and to mirror the Labour party’s tax pledges on non-doms and North Sea oil.”
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Friday Reading Edition 192 (8th March 2024)
Tax cuts during a pre-election Budget make party-political sense. They ensure some electoral support and create constraints that a new government will find hard to overturn. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown faced a similar predicament during their first term in government. But the economic and geopolitical situation in 2024 is much worse than in 1997, warns Tony Hockley.
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Could there be a general election in May? Video and Text
Friday Reading Edition 192 (8th March 2024)
ITV's Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana explains why so many people are talking about a May election. Words by Westminster Producer, Maya Bowles.
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Friday Reading Edition 192 (8th March 2024)
As expected it was largely a Budget aimed at workers and families with National Insurance cuts, changes to the High Income Child Benefit Charge, and an increase to the VAT registration threshold. The non-dom announcement perhaps goes further than expected and the drop in the capital gains tax rate for residential property was a surprise.
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The Finance Book Text
Friday Reading Edition 184 (22nd December 2023)
The book is purposefully designed to be quick and easy to use with no previous knowledge required to comprehend the concepts. Warner tells you what you need to know to quickly “get up to speed” in core finance concepts
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