This says all we need to know about the Tories: It says all we need to know, I am afraid, about their Lib Dem allies.
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Diamond wants to screw you
The FT reports: Bob Diamond has decided Barclays must increase its risk appetite amid internal expectations at the bank that a key measure of its
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Time to black-list the tax haven whitewash
This article by John Christensen and Nick Shaxson was in the FT this morning, and given its importance to the, Tax Justice Network I reproduce
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Fink Camp – taxing banks
Just done a gig under the above title for the New Economics Foundation at Amnesty International’s offices in London. The subject – taxing banks. Dave
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Why current NHS reforms will fail
This map – from Spinwatch – shows why current NHS reforms will fail. They’re all about private interests, not the NATIONAL Health Service: Note who’s
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The NHS reform we need – 1
For twenty years NHS reforms have made the NHS less efficient, more bureaucratic, less patient focussed and more costly. There has been one explanation for
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What the Mail says: Do these people have no sense of loyalty?
I’m not a great fan of the Daily Mail and its Sunday counterpart: their politics are rarely the same as mine. But there’s a not
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What did the States do to deserve its politicians?
I loved this that arrived in my inbox from the FT this morning: In a democracy people are supposed to get the politicians they deserve.
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Why developing countries need a fair deal on tax
This article by Christian Aid was in the Guardian this weekend.I unashamedly repeat it here. Developing countries lose an estimated $160bn (£98.5bn) every year ‚
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