I posted this tweet last night: On Cameron’s logic and in Osborne’s rhetoric it’s the fault of the staff of HMV, Jessops and Comet that
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HMV: I hope not RIP
HMV is calling in administrators. It’s no secret that the store has been in trouble for some time. And it’s made mistakes, but I don’t buy
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Please support the ‘We are Spartacus’ campaign for disabled people’s right to a car
The ‘We are Spartacus’ campaign has been doing amazing work on behalf of the disabled in the face of unnecessary government cuts. Today they’ve issued a new
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When the 50% tax rate came in it was heavily abused: it’s departure may not be
When the 50% income tax rate was introduced in April 2010 we know that its introduction was accompanied by massive tax abuse, with income being shifted from
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Don’t tell me tax campaigning doesn’t work: if Goldman’s are worried by it then it does
As the Guardian reports this morning: Goldman Sachs is kickstarting the controversial City bonus season by considering whether to defer bonuses into the new tax year in April
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Labour commits itself to tax transparency and country-by-country reporting for the UK
I noted earlier what Ed Miliband said about tax and corporate transparency on the Andrew Marr show this morning and said that this was a welcome development about which I hoped
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Ed Miliband on corporate tax transparency
Ed Miliband was on Marr this morning. First of all, best wishes to Andrew Marr and his family. Second, let’s look at what Ed Miliband
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MP’s pay – and why I support an increase
I’ve caused a little controversy on Twitter this morning by saying I support a pay rise for MPs. It’s been reported today that they would like one. Well,
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Why, oh why Obama did you have to do that?
As the world’s press has noted this morning Barack Obama has nominated Jack Lew to be the next US Treasury secretary. I was interested in
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