It is a recurring theme of this blog that the money that the government spends is not ‘taxpayer’s money’ but is instead money that is
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To Montreal
I admit to being only an occasional blogger on Saturday morning. Even the most passionate of bloggers must take some time off. This morning, however,
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In 2013-14 just 3,000 people got tax relief of at least £600,000 each at a total cost of at least £1.8 billion
HMRC has just published new data on capital gain tax and the reliefs given from it. One of those reliefs is the so called Entrepreneur’s
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Some people really do waste The Treasury’s time
I note a right wing time waster has just put in this request under Freedom of Information rules: There should be a lot to supply,
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The Lords most definitely did their job properly in rejecting Tax Credit reform
The supposed constitutional crisis resulting from the House of Lords asking the Commons to reconsider Tax Credit reform began to look rather like a fabricated
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The Conservatives have already adopted Corbyn’s National Investment Bank. What next?
There is an article in the FT this morning with the headlines: Build decent infrastructure and end Britain’s transport misery Ministers must decide, but the
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Ten years in the campaign for tax justice – we have a long way to go
The following is a blog by John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network first posted on the Open Democracy website to mark the publication of the
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The UK: offering companies as abusive and unaccountable as those in any tax haven
The FT has noted this morning that: Moldova’s government collapsed on Thursday as the fallout from a $1bn theft from the country’s banks dragged Europe’s
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Is George Osborne planning to cut investment spending?
The Treasury issued a very breathy press release overnight saying that: Infrastructure at heart of Spending Review as Chancellor launches National Infrastructure Commission And: In
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