Yesterday’s decision by the House of Commons to impose public registers of beneficial ownership on the British Overseas Territories, but not the Crown Dependencies, is massively
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The referendum was meant to cure Tory divisions – but now those divisions are set to pull the government down
As Politics Home reports this morning: The Telegraph reports that the 60 members of the arch-eurosceptic European Research Group – chaired by Jacob Rees-Mogg –
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Austerity has gone too far
As the FT reports this morning, austerity has gone too far. A survey they sponsored has revealed the following: Even Tory voters think cuts are
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Do pension funds really own only 3% of the FTSE 100, as the ONS suggest?
I was at a talk recently where a senior M&S executive claimed that 75% of shares are owned by pension funds. And then this week
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The real beginning of the end for tax havens has begun
Fifteen years ago John Christensen and I became the first full tme anti-tax haven campaigners in the world. We had almost no funding, apart from
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Questions needing answers from HMRC
The relentless Richard Allen, whose campaigning has already changed UK VAT law to stop tax abusers using the Channel Islands, wrote a briefing for the
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All I want is for a dose of sanity to prevail
As the Guardian reports this morning: The government has suffered a heavy defeat on a crucial Lords vote. Labour said the amendment, which is the seventh
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Today could really mark the beginning of the end for the UK’s tax havens
Today MPs vote on an amendment to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill that would require the UK to impose a requirement on the UK’s
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Jersey: capitalism’s dubious friend
Jersey issued this comment on its government website yesterday: Chief Minister meets UK Ministers to address constitutional concerns with amendments to Sanctions and AML Bill The
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