From Paris, courtesy of Christian Chavagneux and Mathilde Dupré: “Last night the Finance Commission of the French Assembly voted to force French banks to publish
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I noticed another exchange on tax avoidance in parliament yesterday, this one on gambling taxation, no doubt motivated by last week’s report in The Independent in which I commented.
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I noticed an exchange in Parliament yesterday, albeit in written answers, in which Catherine McKinnell MP asked David Gauke MP, the minister she shadows: How many staff he expects to
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Nick Clegg delivered his speech on tax fairness this morning, and I was duly sent a copy by his office. It was a disappointing affair,
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My friends at Global Witness have issued an important press release this morning, saying: As the scandal grows around a Nigerian oil deal involving Shell
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The FT reported yesterday (and I missed it then) that: Lord Turner, the departing chairman of the Financial Services Authority has defended financing government spending by printing
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As the FT reports this morning: In June, Cyprus became the fifth country in the eurozone to request an international bailout after lenders got caught up in
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In December the Tax Justice Network published a paper by Sol Picciotto outlining a 21st Century blueprint for taxing multinational companies. Amid rising public concern at how
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If Nick Clegg wants to talk tax fairness I’m delighted, and welcome it. I’m wholly non-partisan in my approach to those who want to do so, but
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