2018 August 01

Amazon and eBay to be liable for VAT fraud on their German sites

Posted on August 1 2018

The FT has reported that: The German government is to make internet platforms such as eBay and Amazon liable for sellers on their sites who
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Is it too much to ask that politicians might think for themselves once more?

Posted on August 1 2018

As Larry Elliott has reported in the Guardian this morning: The Financial Conduct Authority is usually described as the City’s watchdog. In the case of the disgraceful treatment
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Labour, universal basic income and a job guarantee

Posted on August 1 2018

John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, has apparently decided that the next Labour manifesto should include a commitment to Universal Basic Income (UBI) even though, as
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There’s no surprise that the UK’s tax havens fund the Institute of Economic Affairs. Who else would do their dirty work?

Posted on August 1 2018

I share this from the website of Greenpeace Unearthed: A recent report by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) pushing back against a crackdown on
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