Andrew Lansley had a dire article in the Telegraph yesterday. Let me summarise it. He said: a) We want to cut gov’t spending. b) The
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Things take a turn for the worse in the Isle of Man
As International Adviser reports: Deposits on the Isle of Man decreased by £2.1 bn to £48.1bn in the first quarter of 2011, according to the
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Dirty money requires two to tango
In a piece titled Dirty Money: Why does the international banking system make it so easy for corruption to flourish?, the People & Power series on Al Jazeera reports on
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Right now it’s a 3% extra pension tax for state employees – next year it will be 3% for private sector employees too
I suspect that there will be a lot of private sector employees, encouraged by the likes of the Daily Mail, who will complain about pubic
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Southern Cross is the model for the privatisation of the NHS
Southern Cross is not an aberration. Of course people will like to say it’s a bad apple, but it’s not. It is the model for the
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Argentina alleges serious tax avoidance by food companies
As the Guardian reports: The world’s four largest grain traders, responsible for the vast majority of global corn, soya and wheat trading and processing, have been
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Corporation tax is a problem that won’t go away
As John Kay writes in the FT this morning: Corporation tax is an increasing headache for policymakers around the world. They are under pressure from
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We’re still facing the Triple Crunch
As Larry Elliott notes this morning: One Sunday in October 2008, Alistair Darling flew back from Washington to find Britain on the brink of banking meltdown.
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Above and below the line
As I mentioned recently, I have begin a blog on Forbes. The first blog – with the above title (which is also that of the blog
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