I have applauded SSE for getting the Fair Tax Mark today, but I have also seen comment that suggests that SSE have not done much to
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Who’s next for the Fair Tax Mark?
The Fair Tax Mark is focussing on UK parent companies right now – so some energy companies do not fit the scheme as yet, but after
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Margaret Hodge on SSE being awarded the Fair Tax Mark
Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee has commented on SSE being awarded the Fair Tax Mark. She said: I welcome SSE’s commitment
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SSE breaks the Fair Tax Mark into the FTSE 100
SSE plc — the Perth based energy company that has almost 9 million UK customers —was announced as the first FTSE 100 company to have
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Cameron’s immigration controls are a joke because he won’t control UK companies
David Cameron is apparently going to control immigration by denying UK national insurance numbers to some immigrants. Whatever the legalities of the proposal (and I
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Fair taxes are key to a fair share for all
This is a guest blog from Meesha Nehru of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, which I am pleased to support. Estimates are those of
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Reflections on the HMRC tax gap
I am aware that there are some who think my criticism of HMRC’s tax gap report was on the heavy side yesterday. In particular, they
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The fundamentals of the real pension contract we’re all a part of
I was talking to a friend yesterday about fundamental economic reforms and the subject of pensions came into debate. That friend was concerned that in
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The very odd nature of HMRC’s restatements of the tax gap
I have often said that I think it wholly inappropriate that HMRC’s board only has non-executive directors who represent the interests of big business. No
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