2016 January 14

If you’re in the UK don’t be young

Posted on January 14 2016

A new report on Social Justice in the EU has just been published. The message for the UK is not that good: we’re 13th. But
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The OECD say inequality is bad and getting worse

Posted on January 14 2016

This is the start of the foreword from a new OECD book on inequality: But, apparently, wishing to address these issues makes you in the
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Should Dame Lin Homer be saying people are not liable to pay VAT when she admits she does not know?

Posted on January 14 2016

Watch this hearing before the Public Accounts Committee from 15.52 onwards where Dame Lin Homer is questioned about the Amazon and eBay VAT scandals. Lin
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The European Investment Bank can fund UK infrastructure. Why can’t we have one of our own?

Posted on January 14 2016

The government has just issued this press release: Figures published today (Thursday 14 January 2016) by the European Investment Bank (EIB) show that investment by
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Finding £20.1 billion the investment we need in the UK

Posted on January 14 2016

If there is agreement on an economic issue in the UK it is that we need more investment. Whether in housing, energy, infrastructure, training, business,
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The Isle of Man and systemic human rights abuses

Posted on January 14 2016

I am fascinated to note a very recent contribution from an Isle of Man lawyer to the somewhat limited literature on tax havens and human
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Why was a blind eye turned on HSBC and its clients?

Posted on January 14 2016

As the Guardian reports: HM Revenue and Customs has wound up its inquiries into claims that hundreds of British customers used HSBC’s Swiss bank to
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