Avaaz is running the following petition which they aim to present to Prime Minister David Cameron next week. Sign up here, and please, please pass the link on to your friends and colleagues: our politicians are very sensitive on this issue and petitions make a huge difference both in terms of generating pressure and raising public awareness.
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The Great British Tax Scandal
Our tax chief had secret lunches with Vodafone and Goldman Sachs and then handed them billions in tax breaks — while keeping Parliament in the dark!
MPs are outraged, claiming we are owed over 25 billion pounds in back taxes from these and similar dodgy deals. But the tax agency has blocked an inquiry into the scandal and refuses to release documents to shed light on why these tax breaks were ordered in the first place.
By acting together now we can ensure full transparency on the Goldman Sachs and Vodafone deals, and get them to pay the tax they owe. Let's turn up the heat -- sign the petition to David Cameron for tax justice -- we'll deliver it with a splash next week.
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This form of tax avoidance is quite wrong, but where was this indignation when the 2001 Financial Services Act was introduced; was Nick Cohen the only one to recognise that ‘Faustian pact’?
Is this indignation about the amount of tax avoidance or about the principle of ‘negotiated settlements with HMRC’?
Thanks for reminding me to sign Richard, I’ve just done so. When I can I’ll be emailing as many of my friends and acquaintances as possible to get them to do so. I’ve also just bought the Kindle edition of the The Courageous State and Treasure Islands. I just hope reading them doesn’t send my blood pressure up too high.
Comments will be appreciated!
Will do Richard.
Signed it yesterday
I’ve signed and shared it. There is also an e petition to renationalise the railways which in my view is equally important particularly as privatisation has been such a disaster for rail in the UK.