I was on a panel at a fringe meeting with Angela Eagle , Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. When asked about the reecent UK – Swiss
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The EU say ‘get on with the new European Union Savings Tax Directive’
As Europolitics reports: In a surprise move, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso personally joined the combat the Union is trying to lead against tax
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Good business – what it really means
Ed Miliband has announced himself in favour of good business. I am delighted he has. So am I. It’s astonishing that some are saying that
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Miliband must stop spreading myths about benefit claimants
Tim Nichols of the Child Poverty Action Group wrote this sitting next to me in Liverpool yesterday so I borrow it with his permission from
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Good business – reflections on Ed Miliband’s speech
Before leaving Liverpool there’s time for some thoughts on what Ed Miliband said yesterday. Like many I thought Ed Miliband proved he’s not a man
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‘Tick the box’ was no accident – this was tax abuse by design
As the FT notes this morning: A simple rule meant to cut paperwork for US companies has grown into one of the biggest multinational tax
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Are there any solutions to market abuse?
Clive Peedell is one of my new heroes. He’s a consultant clinical oncologist. He’s also on the British Medical Association council. And he’s done some
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It’s time that Goldman Sachs stopped ruling the world
This was broadcast on the BBC this morning. I think it says all you need to know about why the City has to be put
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Beveridge for the 21st century – a view
This letter was in today’s Guardian in response to Larry Elliott’s article last week on Beveridge: Our day jobs are to ask simple questions like,
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