2013 March 04

HSBC’s UK tax bill looks to be £500 million less than I’d exepct

Posted on March 4 2013

I’ve been looking at HSBC’s accounts, out today. The company made pre tax profit of $20,649 million and had a tax charge of $5,315 million. That tax charge
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Email subscriptions

Posted on March 4 2013

I was told last week that the email subscription facility was not working on this blog. It’s now been corrected – so you can subscribe
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The problem with the money banks make up

Posted on March 4 2013

There’s a very good letter in the Guardian today, which I share in full in the hope they and the author will forgive me (feeling fairly confident
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The #NHS is being privatised. What are you doing to stop it?

Posted on March 4 2013

Clive Peedell is a man for whom I have a lot of time. A founder of the NHS Action party, a consultant in Middlesborough and
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It’s time to get over the failed culture of aid: we have to give developing countries the taxes that are rightly their own

Posted on March 4 2013

I’m sure I’m not alone in having problems with President Zuma of South Africa. He’s not an appealing man for many reasons, but I suspect
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When will we get the council housing we need?

Posted on March 4 2013

One of the most pressing needs in the UK is for more and better social housing. With home ownership beyond the reach of a growing
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