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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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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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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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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Bloomberg has reported this morning that: Switzerland must eliminate banking secrecy and renegotiate tax accords with the U.K. and Germany that clash with regional initiatives, according to European
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Larry Elliott is writing about gilts this morning as he (like me) is sure there will be more quantitative easing announced this week. Let me say straight away,
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‘U STOP Poverty — How Many Multinationals are Keeping the Poor, Poor’ on Thursday 9 February, 7.30 pm — 9.00 pm is part of a series of events
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I often think Nigel Lawson lives on a different planet to the rest of us. He wrote this in the FT this morning: Capitalism works
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The TUC has published a new report this morning called Bonus Season. The summary says: Ending corporation tax relief for pay and bonuses worth more than 10
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