The EU has approved Jersey’s zero – ten tax regime. This is not, of course, the regime I said would fail: they had to amend it time
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A decade ago an article like this would not have happened. It does now. Don’t say changing moods is not possible. This is Simon Jenkins
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This is extraordinary: The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed
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SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND EUROPE’S CRISIS Thursday 16 February 2012, 6p.m. Room B33, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX The financial crisis, the subsequent economic crisis and
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There’s a fascinating editorial in the FT today. It says: The need for austerity has forced the government to increase the burden on British taxpayers.
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As my  TUC colleague Nicola Smith has noted on the Touchstone blog: New data on the operation of the Government’s National Insurance Holiday Scheme has
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I’ve just discovered my broadcast on Sky yesterday morning is available on the web, here. Live from my Downham Market studio! Good job the camera didn’t sweep
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This is from the Channel 4 web site, and yes, I am the Mr Murphy in question: Following the outcry over the PAC’s report, Mr
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38 Degrees is running a campaign to demand better accountability at HMRC. You can sign up here. The demand is for better independent directors of
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