2014 June 27

The Big 4 firms of accountants oppose democracy in Hong Kong

Posted on June 27 2014

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

Posted on June 27 2014

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

Posted on June 27 2014

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.

Posted on June 27 2014

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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Dear Chancellor, What are you going to do when interest rate rises reduced household income by £200 a month?

Posted on June 27 2014

The average UK mortgage loan is about £96,000. Many will be surprised by that, I suspect, but must mortgages are not new, of course. The
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Britain needs more than a foreign policy: it needs principles, strategy and policy across the board

Posted on June 27 2014

I was amused by an article by Philip Stephens in the FT this morning that begins by saying: Britain is an island that has lost
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