Barclays has put out its first country-by-country reporting. This is not a statutory report: it has been published in anticipation of the requirement that banks produce
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The economics of deeply divided Britain
The FT reports this morning that: Business confidence has climbed to its highest level for at least 22 years, with optimism growing in all UK
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Has Ed Balls got a cunning plan on tax?
I was willing and able to welcome the the announcements that Labour made on tax on Saturday. They made sense, took it in the right
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Labour’s new tax policy: welcome moves in the right direction
I have already noted Labour’s press release, issued overnight, that might best be seen as the opening salvo in the tax debate that is going
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Labour and tax: the policy battles begin
Labour published the following press release late last night. Given how significant tax will be in the next election, and because this represents an opening
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The Big 4 firms of accountants oppose democracy in Hong Kong
The FT has reported this morning that: The big four global accounting companies have taken out press advertisements in Hong Kong stating they are “opposed”
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IMF: tax havens cause poverty, particularly in developing countries
This post was first published by the Tax Justice Network yesterday and is the work of Nick Shaxson. Thanks to them for permission to share: The
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Time to comment on the Fair Tax Mark International Criteria
The Fair Tax Mark has published its new criteria for assessing UK based multinational corporations this morning. I am not going to repeat all the commentary on
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Inequality is rising. That’s the fact. Now we need to change that.
There have in recent times been shrill voices across the right wing of the UK saying that the claims that I, and others, have made
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