Immediate News Release MPs move to create new anti-tax avoidance principle in UK law Related press conference: Committee Room 21, House of Commons 10.30am Thursday
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Ethical Consumer event on tax justice: How do we stop corporate tax dodging?
Building on the success of their recent Olympic tax avoidance campaign, Ethical Consumer magazine is this month hosting an event on the issue of tax
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If you want to support Michael Meacher’s General Anti-Tax Avoidance Principle Bill this is what to do
I’m grateful to the Rev David Haslam of the Methodist Tax Justcie Network for the following suggested letter (which I have amended a little for more general use)
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Osborne’s getting rattled on tax avoidance
The Press Association has reported that: A crackdown on wealthy tax dodgers has resulted in an extra £500 million flowing into the Treasury’s coffers, George
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EU begins to get tough on tax evasion
Mark Morris, a guru on EU tax policy and the European Union Savings Tax Directive has reported on his blog that: European tax havens could face
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How come we can do £375 billion of quantitative easing and not increase the minimum wage?
Since 2009 the Bank of England has put £375 billion into quantitative easing. In general I’ve supported this move: it has in effect, cancelled more than
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The trouble with the UK’s unions
I felt like writing a piece on the problems with the UK’s unions this morning having spent the last two days in Brighton at their
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The enlightened economic commentary yesterday came from the floor in Brighton
As the Guardian notes this morning of Vince Cable’s pretty weak announcement son a nascent industrial strategy: Joining up Britain’s future needs and opportunities with its present capabilities is
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Why austerity will never work, but putting people first will
I’m speaking at a PCS fringe meeting at the TUC conference in an hour’s time. My theme is that austerity will not work. My core
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