The cracks are developing
It is always unwise to read too much into a particular event, especially when the event involves someone as unwise as Iain Duncan Smith, but
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I couldn’t possibly comment
It is well known that I have an interesting relationship with the Oxford Centre for Business Taxation, based in the Said Business School at that university.
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The economy doesn’t make any sense any more, but it could
I was, until a week ago, scheduled to be on Any Questions tonight. But I am not pro-Brexit and so did not balance the panel,
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Caroline Flint MP on country-by-country reporting in the Commons yesterday
I am reproducing here the vast majority of a speech made by Caroline Flint MP during the budget debate yesterday as I think it worth
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All quiet on the Cabinet Office Front
Many readers will recall Dr Ivan Horrock’s guest post last month in which he highlighted the government’s plans to restrict academic freedom to comment on policy
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I think Lin Homer, George Osborne and David Gauke owe me an apology
The budget announced a might big crack down on big corporate tax avoidance in the UK. And quite a lot of other tax avoidance too,
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It looks like Osborne has admitted the Google tax has failed. So now we have mark two
This is from the Budget report: This is going to be fun. For example, what’s a low or no tax jurisdiction? The UK is going
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A budget for the UK’s tax avoiders
For a long time most people have associated tax avoidance with big multinational companies. George Osborne took some welcome steps to tackle them today: I
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