My words? No, of course not! They’re the words of Mervyn King in his October 2010 lecture “Banking: From Bagehot to Basel, and Back Again”. Page
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If we had tax justice there’d be no need for NHS cuts
Why has it taken four years to talk about nationalising RBS?
The FT reports this morning that: Senior government figures are discussing the possibility of buying out private investors in Royal Bank of Scotland and fully nationalising it
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Guernsey’s freight down by 39% after VAT abuse ended by the UK
BBC Guernsey’s reported: The amount of freight leaving Guernsey has slumped by more than a third since the end of UK tax relief, according to
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The Big 4 accountants make millions clearing up the mess they should have spotted in the first place
As Sky has reported today: The ‘big four’ accounting firms are set to reap fees running into millions of pounds for supervising the clean-up of
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Olympic secrecy jurisdiction of the day: Switzerland
To continue my Olympic secrecy jurisdiction of the day theme, which began when I, amongst many others, noted just how many secrecy jurisdictions are participating in
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If we had tax justice every child could have Sure Start
Disabled People Against the Cuts to take on Atos at the Paralympics
From the Guardian this morning: Disabled campaigners are planning a week of action during the Paralympic Games at the end of August to protest at
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