It looks like it may all be ove very soon fro the German – Swiss tax deal that broadly replicates the appalling UK – Swiss one. As
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EU Robin Hood Tax would boost growth, say experts
I have shamelessly lifted the following from Owen Tudor on the TUC’s Touchstone blog: A new report, launched in Brussels on Monday by the Socialists and Democrats in
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I guess the Swiss think we’re stupid
I loved this in Bloomberg this morning: Switzerland’s government will unveil a new “clean money” strategy at the end of this month, SonntagsZeitung reported, citing
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Austerity isn’t working: progressive alternatives to Tory slash and burn
I’m speaking at: Portcullis House is, of course, part of the Houses of Parliament. The speakers are: Katy Clark MP Owen Jones, author of Chavs Anna
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Want to know why HMRC bad debt was £10.9 billion? Simple: they sacked the debt collectors
It’s been revealed that H M Revenue & Customs’ bad debt in 2009-10 was £10.9 billion. According to HMRC’s accounts the provision was £10 billion in
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If HMRC bad debt is £10.9 billion their estimate of the tax gap has to be massively wrong
It’s been revealed that the UK’s national accounts for 2009-10 include tax bad debt of £10.9 billion. I found this interesting. That’s because, as regular readers will
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The American right wing turn on the old – and it’s a trend we’re bound to see copied
This video shows the new line of thinking from the American right on the cause of our economic problems – blame the old. To understand some more about the speaker, just
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