As the First Post Daily reports: Bank of England governor Mervyn King has provoked a furious response from the City after saying yesterday that many
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It’s very hard to take Cameron seriously when he abuses his own staff
David Cameron shows his incompetence daily. He’s been a knee-jerk disaster on Libya. Now he shows his own inability to manage. Unlike Cameron I’ve managed
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What do we want? Refining George Monbiot’s list
George Monbiot asks that question this morning in the Guardian. He wants a positive agenda of demands for the 26 March TUC rally in Lonodn
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Company law abuse happens because David Cameron promotes it
As the Sunday Mail notes: Business Secretary Vince Cable has launched an investigation into why penalties, including fines, have not been meted out to companies
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The FT says it is time for country-by-country reporting
The FT is emphatic in an editorial this morning: it says the time has come for country-by-country reporting in the extractive industries. As it notes:
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There’s always an apologist for tax abuse – today it is Sainsbury and Tescos
The Telegraph – whose owners do, of course, live in the Channel Islands, has lead the counter-attack today in defending the Channel Islands’ VAT abuse.
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Bill Gates on accounting – tell us what you do in Ireland before you lecture US states
The Wall Street Journal reports: Billionaire Bill Gates on Thursday agitated for state governments to adopt “clear and honest” accounting of their budgets, saying states’
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The Great Tax Gap
From ITN last night: Rumour has it the government is petrified by these actions – precisely because the message resonates with almost everyone who hears
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All The Biggest Spanish Companies Use Tax Havens, Says A New NGO Report
The following blog has been reposted from the blog of the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development, of which Tax Research LLP is
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