I did so for the TUC. I now have a one word response to the criticism. It’s
If you want a one word explanation of the need for a general anti-avoidance principle this is it
It’s time you retracted what you said Bob Diamond
Bob Diamond of Barclays said this in a BBC lecture last year: Soon after the financial crisis of 2008 I was at a meeting in
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Benefit fraud – £1,200 million per annum. Barclays’ abusive tax reclaims – £500 million.
Benefit fraud costs the UK £1.2 billion a year. Yesterday we learned that Barclays tried to claim £500 million of tax back it was not owed.
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Why didn’t the government name Barclays?
The government signed a Code of Conduct with banks on their tax practices in November 2010. Yesterday we learned Barclays has resoundingly ignored it. But why did
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Don’t believe the government’s lies on NHS privatisation – they’re now demanding medics deliver it
This extraordinary post was first published on the False Economy site – which is always worth reading. It’s incredibly important at a time when the government claims that NHS reforms are not
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Farewell #OccupyLSX – but the legacy remains – and the demand for tax justice continues
They came in the night to clear the Occupy site at St Pauls. Like traitors, frightened of the enemy over whom they have power but no moral authority
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Now we know the bank that doesn’t care about Codes of Conduct is Barclays. No surprise there then…
This afternoon the FT blogged: Fifteen banks are signatories to the UK’s Code of Practice on Taxation. BANK OF AMERICA/MERRILL BARCLAYS CITIGROUP (CITIBANK) CREDIT SUISSE DEUTSCHE BANK
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The tax gap is not compliance: it’s tax avoidance
I’ve noted the usual nonsense from the right wing – let alone the CBI – has been trotted out today that the only reason large
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