2012 September 06

The TUC’s ‘Kerching’ is based on a belief in honesty, fairness and real competition – all of which are killed by tax avoidance

Posted on September 6 2012

I mentioned an attack on the TUC’s tax avoidance spoof magazine ‘Kerching’ by Mayfair lawyer Miles Dean yesterday. He followed up his attack with an
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Miliband comprehensively embraces Keynes – and with it the need for a Courageous State

Posted on September 6 2012

The core message in Ed Miliband’s speech on the economy this morning was a key one. In that speech he rejected three of the planks
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If WPP can move its tax residence at will it’s clearly too easy to do so

Posted on September 6 2012

WPP is moving its tax residence back to the UK. Osborne has bribed them back with his absurd new rules that exempt a UK parent
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Is unemployment deliberate? You bet it is

Posted on September 6 2012

Frances O’Grady – incoming TUC general secretary – has suggested in a Guardian interview today that high unemployment is a deliberate ploy being used by the government to suppress wage claims and
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