I have a version of the following on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site tonight: and I share it here in haste: The news http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/feb/16/civil-servants-union-tax-schemes that making payment
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Tax evasion gets just that little bit harder
The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development, of which Tax Research UK is a member, has welcomed new moves to tackle tax dodging announced
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Europe puts Switzerland in its place – and the UK too
Europolitics has reported: “Encouraged by recent international developments to improve transparency and administrative cooperation” on taxation matters, the European Commission reiterated, on 15 February, that
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I hope the EU’s got a better plan for Greek default than it had for Lehman’s
When Lehman was allowed to fail the world economy tried to fall over within four weeks. The Germans are now forcing Greece towards default with
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Corporate tax avoidance: where are the worst offenders?
The Tax Justice Network posted this today, and I borrow it with permission: There are many ways to slice and dice the data to answer the
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Obama aide suggests we need a global minimum tax
According to Fox News: Gene Sperling, director of the White House’s national economic council, said today at an official meeting that “we need a global
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The true state of UK unemployment, and the alternative
As the Guardian reports this morning: The true state of British unemployment is more than double its current level at 6.3 million people, if alternative
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SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND EUROPE’S CRISIS
Please come to an event with the above title in Thursday 16 February 2012, 6p.m., room B33, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Registration is free but
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The #NHS reform we need is to take the market right out of the equation
I’ve been tweeting a fair amount on the NHS this weekend. I’ve hardly been alone! The issue of NHS reform is now firmly back on
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