Time and again I am asked to believe that bankers have changed their spots and that we live in a new era of ethical financial
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Polly Toynbee makes a call for tax to be centre stage in the next general election,and thereafter, in the Guardian today. Of itself this is
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Postscript to Friday:

Steve Richards argues in the Guardian this morning that Ed Miliband may be right, and that ideas could be the factor that determines the outcome
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David Cameron famously argued before the 2010 general election that not a single front line service would be impacted by his programme of austerity. It
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According to my family there are better things to do than blog this morning. I am succumbing to the wisdom of my crowd. I may
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Before anyone gets excited about GDP returning to 2008 levels (as is likely to be announced tomorrow) can I refer to this table issued by
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One of the questions I was asked on Twitter last night was how to spot a tax haven. There is no easy answer to this. One
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As I watched the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games last night it occurred to me just how many participating states are considered to be
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