In the pre-budget report last November Alistair Darling announced that he would commission a review of the UK’s tax havens. It was said it would
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I was on File on 4 on BBC Radio 4 yesterday evening explaining why the UK banks’ tax haven operations will all cost us more
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I had a dream and in it a politician said this: The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our
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Stephen Timms, Financial Secretary to the Treasury has written a response to the Guardian’s Tax Gap series. It’s not good enough. He says: The Guardian
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These are my links for February 18th from 00:17 to 13:18

It seems every day brings news of a new banking crisis. HBOS continues to pull Lloyds down: RBS bumps along with the state unable to
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It occurred to me that it was extraordinary that last weekend a major UK national newspaper called for reform of the international accounting system. And
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As the FT notes, follwoing my comments written last night before I saw the news: Sir Allen Stanford, the billionaire Texan and cricket bankroller, was
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I worked on the BBC Panorama programme on David Mills a few years ago. I am delighted he has got four years. It was very,
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