George Osborne is a man to follow a trend. Kraft has announced today it is splitting the company in two. George Osborne will be following suit tonight.
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Swiss-German tax treaty undermines prospects for European tax cooperation
The following comes from the blog of Eurodad, a fellow member with Tax Research UK of the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development:
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Channel Islands’ VAT abuse can be ended by UK whenever it likes EU says
The Telegraph has reported that: By the end of the year, CDs, DVDs and contact lenses will be among the hundreds of items that customers
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I get so bored of Tories talking about debt
I admit I get really bored of Tories talking about the government’s debt. Take this from new Tory MP Sajid Javid in the Telegraph a day or two ago:
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Where did the growth go George?
From the Independent, who I hope will forgive me for using it, but it really is very good: Sometimes a picture really does say it
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Where did all the jobs go George?
RBS is the latest bank to announce job losses – 2,000 in its case. It follows the announcement of thousands to go at HSBC and Barclays earlier
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Keynes v Hayek, and why Keynes had to win
I warmly recommend listening to the debate on the above subject broadcast on Radio 4 yesterday and available to listen to here. Duncan Weldon and
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