G20 governments will need to find great political courage if they are to curb multinationals’ multi-billion tax dodging, campaigners warn today. Christian Aid, ActionAid International,
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The Tory contempt for campaigning
Tory MP and former minister Nick Herbert has an article in the Guardian this morning that reveals his (and I suspect many in his party’s)
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On the fall out from the Syria vote: it’s time for peacemaking
It would be hard not to comment on the fall out from the Syria vote in the House of Commons last night. Let’s start by
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Jersey’s finance industry has now taken control of its police
I’ve long argued that Jersey is a captured state – indeed, I suggested programme on that theme to an independent television company in 2002, before
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France says Jersey is a tax haven deserving to be penalised for its failure to cooperate in the war on tax abuse
The FT reported last night: France has stepped up its assault on tax havens by blacklisting Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Jersey, in a sudden
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Even the FT is reporting that the UK Transparency of Lobbying Bill won’t work and is blatantly biased
It’s good to see that the FT has picked up the theme of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill being an
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Singapore’s private bankers need to tell the truth
There’s an article on the woes of Singapore’s private banking sector in the FT this morning which is so disingenuous it is laughable. At it’s
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Private health care is just a tale of backhanders and excessive profits
Oh, for the wonders of private health care! The Guardian has just reported: The country’s largest private hospital groups will have to sell up to
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Putting the record straight – Paul Mason and the opportunities the Left could miss
I wrote a blog yesterday in which I argued the Left needed to have a clearer understanding of who any economic policy it was creating
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