There’s a fascinating new report come out of SOAS. Its Centre for Development Policy and Research has published the report under the title "Why Has
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Lloyds facing £54m tax bill after HBOS ruling | Business | guardian.co.uk . Lloyds Banking Group, which is 43% state-owned, has failed in its latest
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Britain faces “revenue crisis” not a spending crisis | Left Foot Forward. Looks like I got blogged on what I said at the TUC this
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Gillian Tett at the TUC: Building an economy around Canary Wharf was nuts and Over the last few years the financial sector built a candy
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I’m at the TUC this morning So is Rowan Williams — Archbishop of Canterbury. He says the Greek for economics is ‘housekeeping — and it
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World Vision have sent me a briefing on a new campaign they are launching. I guess a blog has reached critical mass when such things
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The Guardian has noted: The controversial tax on financial transactions endorsed by Gordon Brown and Lord Turner, the top City regulator, was last night beginning
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