I was on PM last evening. You can listen here – start at 51 minutes in. My opponent’s arguments were quite extraordinary. He appears to think we should
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I can’t resist noting the following from the Jersey Evening Press this week (this bit not on line): The Economic Development Minister said (speaking to 800 people
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In the light of events ove the last day or so I thought it worth reposting the following: Why the UK needs a general anti-avoidance principle
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I shamelessly quote the following from the blog of Michael Meacher MP, with whom I have been pleased to work on occasion: Today I am introducing a Private Member’s Bill into the
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David Aaronovitch asked a good question in the Times this morning. It’s behind a paywall so I won’t quote exactly but the essence was simply “what would
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I have long argued for what I call a ‘passport tax’. Yesterday the Times said in its editorial on tax avoidance that the government has to ask: is it
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Global Witness has a new report out called Grave Secrecy: how a Dead Man can Own a UK Company and other Hair-Raising Stories about Hidden Company
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Danny Alexander said in the Sun this morning: Frankly, I think people who dodge the tax system are the moral equivalent of benefit cheats. No Danny, that’s
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I had the following article posted on Comment is Free a few minutes ago: David Cameron is rolling out the red carpet — for tax avoiders.
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