The FT reports this morning that: David Cameron personally intervened in 2013 to weaken an EU drive to reveal the beneficiaries of trusts, creating a
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The biggest crisis now facing democratic politics is to use the power of the state to save markets from themselves
A very old friend of this blog is a man called Dennis Howlett. He was, in fact, the person who first persuaded me to try
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What we can do about the UK’s tax havens? My manifesto for change
I was asked by a journalist today to set out a manifesto for change that the UK could deliver with regard to its tax havens
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Why the Panama Papers really matter to people in the UK
I was on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio Two at lunchtime today, discussing what the impact of the Panama Papers might be on
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What David Cameron has to say
I was asked by Nick Ferrari on LBC this morning whether the Panama Papers story has already run away from David Cameron and is now
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Some get it on the Panama Papers
John McDonnell MP has written this in the Guardian this morning: There is no reason why the UK cannot use its relationship with these tax
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The UK can unambiguously legislate for the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories
I was rummaging through various links today and came to the UK Foreign Office White Paper on the Overseas Territories published in June 2012. This contains, on page 14, the following interesting statement in
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Majority of British public want David Cameron to act on the tax havens, poll shows
I am pleased to share this Global Witness press release: A ComRes poll commissioned by Christian Aid and Global Witness and carried out immediately before
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On BBC Radio Jersey this morning – suggesting they are as much a problem as other tax havens
I was in robust form on BBC Radio Jersey this morning. Start at 2:07 I was not taking nonsense – including the usual drivel provided
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