This article of mine has been published on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site this afternoon: The news that HM Revenue & Customs used privileges granted to it under
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Since when was 6 years a “couple”, Npower? And why have loans not repayable until 2030 been cancelled?
Npower has said today, in response to the allegation that it has avoided tax that: it worked with the Malta company “for a couple of
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Npower’s excuses for its tax avoidance don’t stack
Npower has come up with some responses to this morning’s news that it’s avoiding tax using a Maltese shell company. On its web site it
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NPower’s defence for tax avoidance is ridiculous: why can’t they just tell us what they’re doing?
I am not amused by Npower’s defence for tax avoiding, which I have accused them of this morning. They say in The Sun: Despite the
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If you thought the economic crisis in Ireland was all over, it may not have even begun yet
As the FT reports this morning: [In Ireland] evictions are expected to rise after the EU, ECB and IMF insisted banks repossess more houses. One
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Now the Coalition say it’s time to go for the NHS
It’s now certain the Tories have got it in for the NHS. As the FT reports today: Cabinet ministers will on Tuesday mount a collective
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Luxembourg agrees to full automatic information exchange – removing obstacle on the path to beating tax fraud
The FT has noted: Luxembourg is ready to share currently confidential information about multinationals’ bank accounts as part of efforts to shed the Grand Duchy’s
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Tax havens are the system: the world’s waking up to the reality tax justice activists first exposed
As Jeffrey Sachs says in the FT this morning (and I know all the problems with Sachs): The curtain has been pulled aside on the
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Why Npower’s tax avoidance matters
38 Degrees have a way with words, creating short messages that work. As they say of Npower’s tax avoidance this morning in an email to
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