In heated exchanges in the Commons today Labour’s former home secretary David Blunkett said: It is inevitable that if you cut external funding to authorities
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Estate Tax Dormant, Billionaire’s Bequest Is Tax-Free – NYTimes.com. As the NYT notes: A Texas pipeline tycoon who died two months ago may become the
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David Willetts hints that university students will face higher fees | Education | The Guardian. David Willets, universities minister, has said: that the cost of
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Cuts will push jobless to 3m — thinktank | Politics | The Guardian. In a stark assessment of the human impact of the cuts the
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Pieces authored by Global Financial Integrity (GFI) director Raymond Baker and GFI director of government affairs Heather Lowe appear in the latest issue of the
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Barbados: Just don’t call us a tax haven. Barbados says we must not call it a tax haven. OK: I’ll call it a secrecy jurisdiction
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Cuts Watch #43: Local services face closure | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC. From the excellent TUC Cuts Watch series: The
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FT.com / Companies / Banks – SEC probes second Goldman security. The FT notes that the SEC is now looking at another possible fraud in
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Is ICAEW failing?. For the chartered accountants reading this blog follow the link, Dennis Howlett has interesting things to say. He concludes: The broader question
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