When two friends, whose opinions you respect, agree on something enough to write about it together I tend to take note. Jonathon Porritt and Colin
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‘What about the workers?’ is no defence for tax havens
There is an article on the Conversation website this morning where Pete Hodson (who I guess comes from the Isle of Man) argues: As in
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Wanted: an informed electorate
There are moments when I do wonder about those with whom I share the more proximate parts of our planet. The Times Red Box has
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Full Fact on the tax gap
The well known fact checking charity Full Fact looked at claims on the UK tax gap yesterday. I opened the page with some trepidation. This
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Trump’s committed to trickle down
Trickle down has to be one of the most discredited of all neoliberal ideas. The claim is simple. It is that if the rich get
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Global tax debate and Ireland
As the Irish Times has reported this morning: On this week’s [Irish Times] business podcast, UK based tax reform advocate Professor Richard Murphy and our legal affairs
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Venn diagrams for our times: the unholy mess we’re all in
The UK loses 20% of total corporate profits to tax havens but HMRC are in denial about the missing £7 billion
This is from Gabriel Zucman’s latest work: The UK is losing over 20% of all corporate profits that should be subject to tax before they
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The case against subsidising the Isle of Man to be a tax haven goes to the House of Commons
Dame Margaret Hodge called an adjournment debate on tax abuse and the Isle of Man in the House of Commons yesterday. Her closing comments were
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