FOLLOW THE MONEY: HOW MUCH DOES BRITAIN COST (PB)

Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, presents a forensic examination of the way the state raises and spends £1 trillion of our money every year. This book attempts to provide an explanation of where the money comes from and where it goes to, how that process has changed and how it needs to change. ‘A powerful dissection of the stupidities of how we organise taxing and spending’ - Will Hutton, Observer. ‘The sobering realities he lays out are peppered with entertaining asides' - Sunday Times.