As the Guardian notes: David Blanchflower, a leading economist and former member of theBank of England’s monetary policy committee, has called on Mervyn King to
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John le Carre on all things secret – and unacceptable
The Tax Justice Network has published the following blog, which is simply too important to ignore. So, with their permission I reproduce it, in full.
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SAB MIller doesn’t get it
SAB Miller has been accused of tax avoiding by Action Aid. Note: it has been accused of tax avoiding. That’s legal. Unethical. But legal. In
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What the banks have signed up to
The banks who have signed agreements with the Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs on tax avoidance have agreed to this Code: Code of Practice
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Why not add in Google’s tax affairs?
Google is to be subject to a European anti-trust inquiry following allegations that it abused its dominant position in the search and advertising market. Why
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Unless the ECB does QE the Euro is stuffed
I have reservations about quantitative easing. I hope to say more on the issue soon. My big problem with it is that it has been
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How we’re paying for the deficit – and how we’ll carry on doing so
The Guardian reports: Europe’s biggest companies are enjoying their biggest financial boost in nearly seven years and are sitting on a multibillion-pound cash pile which
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The UK’s 8% corporation tax
George Osborne has accounted a new 8% corporation tax rate for the largest companies in the UK. I can’t explain it better than the Guardian
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Pickles doesn’t get the need for capital
The Guardian has reported that: The communities secretary Eric Pickles today accuses councils of squirreling away cash while simultaneously making thousands of job cuts and
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