The Guardian has reported that: Offshore companies buying UK property could be forced to reveal their ultimate owners under plans being considered by ministers to
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I had a conversation last evening during which I was reminded that the claim that a government with its own currency might run out money
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As the Guardian reports this morning: Proposals by the UK government to stop collecting information showing how the wealthy pass on their assets from one
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The Bishop of the Isle of Man asked an interesting question in the Isle of Man’s parliament – the Tynwald – yesterday (in which he
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The following press release was issued by Labour Front Bench Treasury spokesperson Rob Marris MP, working in association with long term anti-VAT fraud campaigner Richard
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The Treasury published an extensive dossier on the consequences of Brexit yesterday, no doubt at considerable public cost. In the interests of balance I thought
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There is much talk in the news of the Treasury having entered the Brexit debate. It has produced a forecast that apparently suggests that the
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It will come as no surprise to anyone that I think about the shape of politics. In a democracy I suspect that this should look something
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I wrote a version of this blog in 2012, but it’s as relevant today, so I am republishing it with some edits. I made the
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