I have suggested that people are getting angry about Barclays Bank’s tax abuse. I think they are right to do so. I suspect that they
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Barclays – people are getting angry
I have had a wide range of people telephone me during the course of this afternoon and evening. Many are journalists. Some are amongst those
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Barclays – they’ve gagged the Guardian – are they mad?
The Guardian has reported: Barclays Bank obtained a court order early today banning the Guardian from publishing documents which showed how the bank set up
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Switzerland announces go-slow on reform
The FT has reported that: Switzerland has warned countries against expecting swift results from its decision last week to water down bank secrecy laws, saying
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Let’s get the objectives right
One of the regular commentators in this blog is a Guernsey based tax practitioner (I think) called Rupert — which could, of course, be a
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Bank regulation will not happen whilst we have tax havens
If the Barclays story published over the last few days proves anything it is that there is no prospect of effective regulation of banks or
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Barclays: the Guardian publishes more
I’m pleased to see Vince Cable has shared the documents leaked to him by a Barclays Capital insider to more papers. I had them on
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The Turks & Caicos is not a bad apple
The Guardian has reported that: The government yesterday revealed extraordinary plans to seize control of a Caribbean tax haven after a report warned there was
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