2013 November 29

The UK’s 1% – how they compare with other major states

Posted on November 29 2013

This comes from the Inequality Briefing: There is no reason why the top 1% have to take as much income as they do in the
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Barclays haven’t stepped up to Action Aid’s challenge because all the evidence suggests they’re selling tax abuse from Mauritius

Posted on November 29 2013

I wrote a few days ago about Action Aid’s new campaign demanding that Barclays clean up its act in Africa. Because this is not a
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Why, oh why are HMRC jobs going when we have a massive tax gap?

Posted on November 29 2013

HM Revenue & Customs admit the UK tax gap exceeds £35 billion a year. I argue it exceeds £95 billion on top of which there
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Nigella makes the case for progressive taxation

Posted on November 29 2013

As many know, I don’t buy all the arguments of the standard economics repertoire, especially as now interpreted by mainly mathematical economists. But some of
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