HMRC has published tax gap figures in September for the last three years. There’s been no sign of them as yet this year. Could that
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Jersey is really sinking – as I predicted in 2005
Jersey’s just published its latest figures on the state of its economy. The chart looks like this using constant 2003 prices: That’s four years of national economic decline in
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What does the West Coast rail fiasco mean for privatisation?
I heard Branson on the World at One at lunchtime saying that if the Department of Transport can’t run a tendering process for a rail contract they should never
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Will Labour get tough on money laundering? If so it has to tackle tax havens
I’m delighted to see this report in the Guardian: Legislation that would have ensured that the City traders behind the Libor interest rates scandal did
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Call for Papers: Workshop on Tax and Inequality July 2013
Call for papers for a Research Workshop on TAX AND INEQUALITY City University, London, 4th and 5th July 2013 The 2013 research workshop co-organised by the Association for
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Never let it be said there’s corruption in the Isle of Man – even when the Attorney General’s in the dock
Manx Radio has reported: The Attorney General and the Deputy Assessor of Income Tax have appeared before magistrates in Douglas this morning. Stephen Harding and Colin Goodwin are
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The limits to growth – and a little inspiration
Martin Wolf asks in the FT this morning wheteher there are limits to growth. He’s right to do so. But maybe a little behind the
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Business shouldn’t get too excited about the end of the attack on predatory capitalism
The FT has a very odd comment this morning, saying: Ed Miliband’s “One Nation” speech to the Labour conference on Tuesday was hailed as a
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Game over for rail privatisation
As the FT notes this morning: The government’s rail franchising policy was thrown into disarray after it cancelled the award of a new contract to
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