In 2005 I wrote this with John Christensen: Automatic information exchange between countries would go a long way towards tackling the culture of tax evasion and
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Who will have quit the Cabinet by Monday?Â
Tomorrow is the day when May has to decide. The can is surely running out of road. By Saturday morning she has to be able
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Where should the UK’s internal land border be? Is it Carlisle and Berwick?
I have very little confidence that the Cabinet will resolve its Brexit differences tomorrow. I, candidly, have very little confidence that it ever will. And, as
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A cheer for Amyas Morse and the role of truth and honesty in British politics
I don’t always cheer for former PWC partners: that I admit. But I did for Amyas Morse, who is now the head of the National
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In the surreal world of current politics ignoring the fact that Brexit was won by cheating is as close to absurd as it gets
I’ve known Jolyon Maugham for a while. We worked together on tax policy before the 2015 general election. The debate on domicile that was one
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Ignore what the Gini coefficient says: real inequality is growing and people are suffering as a result
The right-wing love to say inequality does not matter. They also love to say that the Gini coefficient that measures inequality is improving. They trumpet
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Ireland’s playing games in the last chance saloon of tax justice
The collective denial of tax abusers is one of the things that characterises their behaviour. It does not really matter which of the three parties
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Jersey: still occupied
The Jersey Evening Post reported yesterday that: Last month External Relations Minister Ian Gorst announced that Jersey was following the UK by introducing a ‘settled-status’
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The UK’s VAT gap – my evidence to the Treasury Committee
I gave evidence to the EU parliament last week on the VAT tax gap. This morning our parliament has published evidence I submitted to them
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