TJN recently blogged the approaching court case pitting UK Uncut against Goldman Sachs. They have now produced an excellent new video asking the simple question about whether it makes
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Tax avoiders have nothing to fear from George Osborne
I have the following blog over at the New Statesman this morning: “I regard tax evasion and indeed aggressive tax avoidance as morally repugnant.” So said George
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Normal service will be resumed…
There may be erratic blog posting and comment moderation over the next day or two. My wife went into hospital yesterday. It’s only appendicitis – and she
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Hold us to account for dodgy deals? No thanks says big business bosses
As the Guardian notes this morning: The bosses of some of Britain’s biggest arms and oil companies have refused to attend a parliamentary inquiry into the use
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The Bank of England: master or servant?
The FT’s reported that: The Bank of England committee charged with ensuring the stability of Britain’s banks is split over George Osborne’s plan to oblige
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The Greek paradox
Time and again last night I heard the message from politicians, commentators and economists that Greece needs a new beginning. It needs reform of its
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Transfer pricing: what have we learned in three days in Helsinki?
Today is the third, and last, day of the Tax Justice Network transfer pricing conference in Finland. I guess the first thing to note is
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Labour reduced child poverty. The Tories won’t. That’s all you need to know
This graph comes from Chapter 1 of the Households Below Average Income survey from 1994/95 to 2010/11 published yesterday. The point is a simple one.
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What chance another banking crisis?
I’ve been asked by a number of people what chance there is that we’ll have another banking crisis in the UK. Well, just read this
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