I have just learned of the sudden death of Prof John Tiley of Queens’ College Cambridge. I have much to thank John for – he
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Jersey’s so kind – it sends back to the UK the money it took from us in the first place
I will write about Jersey’s new report on its finance industry one more time today. It says the source of its funds and where they are
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More numbers Jersey’s new report on its finance sector can’t get right
The inconsistencies in Jersey’s new report on its financial services sector keep on jumping off my screen. Take this claim in the report: Jersey’s banks largely service the needs of the
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It’s a pity Jersey can’t get its numbers right
Jersey’s new report on its economic value to the UK is an amusing piece of work – not least because it kooks like the numbers are made up. It
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All you really need to know about Jersey and its financial secrecy
All you really need to know about Jersey and its financial secrecy is in the Tax Justice Network’s report on the island for the Financial Secrecy Index. The summary looks
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Jersey says “don’t blame us – we’re only little”. Is that why there’s £1.2 trillion hidden there?
Jersey’s excuses for its tax abuse really are pathetic. This comes from their report published today: Jersey is a significant player in the offshore market
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Jersey’s publishing the same old bogus claims about itself today – including the fanciful suggestion that it does not help tax evaders when it does
The state controlled and heavily public sector subsidised marketing arm of the tax avoidance industry in Jersey has published a new report this morning on why it
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Why won’t Labour say spending works when the evidence so clearly proves it does?
I won’t paraphrase all Polly Toynbee had to say in the Guardian this morning. She can say it all too well herself, But the message
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Why the Lough Erne G8 was a turning point – an academic’s perspective
I am on record as saying that I think the Lough Erne summit was a turning point in the tax justice debate. My argument is a simple
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