This is bizarre: Former cabinet minister Liam Fox has urged the government to freeze public spending for five years and use the savings to cut
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Dave Hartnett reveals his true colours – by opposing tax transparency that would help stop banks abusing tax havens
Dave Hartnett made himself one of the most unpopular men in the UK when he headed H M Revenue & Customs. Now he’s working for HSBC.
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The Treasury and Vince Cable are both backing the country-by-country reporting that’s essential to expose tax abuse
On Sunday the Telegraph noted : The government is to back controversial plans to force businesses to reveal the taxes they pay in every country
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Visit the Tax Haven Capital of the World
Expose The Hidden London – March 16th
Osborne said ‘the City of London is the jewel in the crown of the British economy’ and it’s clear he still thinks so
I’ve quoted once already from an article on the City of London that George Osborne wrote in 2006, but I think it worth doing so
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Thought for the day from the book of Kings
I don’t often quite the Bible here, less often still the Old Testament, but a Jersey reader sent me a note this morning after I’d
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Tax Justice, the Dean of Jersey and non-cooperation
In 2008 the Tax Justice Network sent the Very Dean of Jersey, the Rev Bob Keys, an open letter. John Christensen did so because the
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The British Virgin Islands knows it’s been beaten by the USA – so it’s turning to the UAE instead
The US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act is scaring tax havens around the world, and rightly so. For all practical purposes, the illicit tax haven sector is
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