I was at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, on Wednesday to first hear Adair (Lord) Turner speak and then have dinner with him and others afterwards.
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End UK tax havens’s role in global corruption, charities and campaigners urge David Cameron
The chief executives of 17 charities and campaign groups have written to the Prime Minister today, urging him to stop UK tax havens from enabling
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Too close to call with confidence
This come from the Times Red Box email this morning (which despite its source I recommend, and it is free): That’s too close to call.
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What is corruption?
On May 12 the World Corruption Summit will take place in London. The Tax Justice Network conference, taking place today and tomorrow, is focussing on the
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Questions for PWC on the BHS Limited accounts
I have been looking at the last filed accounts for BHS Limited – the operating company of the BHS group that is now in administration.
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Was it really appropriate to give BHS £103 million for its tax losses?
Many years ago I took some interest in the affairs of Sir Philip Green. The failure of BHS has led me to do so again. There
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The UK’s top financial regulator has no idea how much money laundering there is in the UK
The Guardian reported today that: Tracey McDermott, acting chief executive of the FCA, [appearing before the Treasury Select Committee] … was … asked about the scale
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Does the unacceptable face of capitalism live on?
In 1973 the the prime minister, Ted Heath, said: “It is the unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism, but one should not suggest that the
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The price of honestly telling what is going on is prosecution
As the Guardian notes this morning: Former PwC employees face trial over role in LuxLeaks scandal But the scandal is it is the whistleblowers in
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