Sometimes the choices with regard to tax and spend are stark. As the FT has reported this week: Jerry Brown, California’s governor, has warned that
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Three weeks ago I asked some questions of Jersey on this blog. Since this blog is well read in Jersey – most especially by those
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We challenge the authorities of the British Channel Island of Jersey (a secrecy jurisdiction) to open, public debate about our criticisms of that island’s role
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The New Putney Debates are on the for the next fortnight. The full programme is here. You’ll find my contribution on 8 November. As the organisers say:
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As Sam Brittan writes in the FT this morning: Despite David Cameron’s incredibly silly optimistic response to a much predicted Olympics-based short-term variation in quarterly
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There's some consensus around the fact that the UK is likely to be out of recession when GDP data is announced today. That's good news.
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There is a new Early Day Motion on tax avoidance in the House of Commons, tabled by Michael Meacher MP. It says: TAX AVOIDANCE Organisation:
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Numerous journalists have called me asking how we should tackle the whole issue of tax avoidance by multinational corporations who right now seem to be
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In October's TJN Taxcast: Helsinki declares itself a tax haven-free zone, Starbucks joins the tax avoidance Roll of Dishonour and we follow the money: asset
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