The reason why we got a welfare state was that charities did not and could not do the job that was needed. Nor can they
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Charities and tax – my suggested way forward
I spoke at an event organised by the Oasis Centre in South London tonight, talking about the proposed cap on donations to charity and offering
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They’re coming to London
As the FT reports this morning: Christopher Flowers, the veteran private equity investor, has moved to London from the US, seeing a shift in the
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The OECD view on country-by-country reporting entirely misses the point
Pascal Saint-Amans, head of tax at the OECD spoke on the subject of country-by-country reporting to a French parliamentary enquiry recently. This is the Google translation
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Can I tell the difference between the the objective and the subjective?
Philip Booth of the Institute of Economic Affairs asked me the above question during debate at the event we were both speaking at this lunchtime
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Should tax be more taxing? My talk at the RSA today
I spoke at the RSA this lunchtime. I gather a video of the event will be available on line. The theme was ‘Should Tax Be
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Balls has beaten Osborne – and it’s the Telegraph saying it
This is reported in this morning’s Daily Telegraph: There can be no ifs or buts. In November 2010 the Chancellor said: “When we came into office Britain
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