2011 April

I’d like to cut – but the law won’t let me – so why not raise money instead?

Posted on April 1 2011

The Birmingham Post reports: A decision to axe a £1.4 million funding package for 13 voluntary organisations, including the Citizens Advice Bureau, was unlawful, a
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Who is to blame for Ireland’s crisis? Easy: they need to sue KPMG, PWC and E&Y

Posted on April 1 2011

Ireland’s banks are bust. They were foreseeably bust a long time ago. The failure is spectacular by any standards. The accounts of Irish banks had
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€24 billion is not it – so Ireland should brace itself for more – so long as International Accounting Standards are in use

Posted on April 1 2011

There’s widespread coverage of the fact that Ireland’s had a fifth go at estimating how but its banks are, and has upped the estimate to
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What do we want? Stimulus! When do we want it? Now!

Posted on April 1 2011

This is a great article on what Labour should say by Johann Hari. Well worth reading in full. So I’m not going to quote it.

Space havens

Posted on April 1 2011

News has leaked that as a consequence of plans to block tax haven abuse a consortium of international firms is, quite literally, launching an alternative.
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