The Bank of England has produced a new education programme for schools called ‘Econome’. They say of this: Young people will be required to make
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Rudd going does not change May’s hostile environment
Amber Rudd has resigned as Home Secretary. I have been tweeting about her conduct for the last few days. I am pleased she has had
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And tax haven secrecy now – this morning’s letter to the Guardian
From the Guardian, this morning: As organisations and individuals committed to transparency and standing up for the rights of the world’s poorest people, we urge
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The UK government is defending the tax haven secrecy that helps Russian criminals launder billions
I thought I might share this press release, from Christian Aid, out this morning: Today’s revelations that British Virgin Islands companies helped Russian mobsters launder tens
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Tackling the intergenerational crisis requires fundamental economic reform and not just some taxes on wealth
Intergenerational justice is in the news this morning, and rightly so. As the Observer notes, The Resolution Foundation has a report coming soon on the
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The government does not spend taxpayers’ money: that clears the government’s debt to the Bank of England
A reader of this blog, who I do not think I have met, secured the following Freedom of Information answer from HM Revenue this week:
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A balanced budget and low growth was inevitable and not a matter of chance
The Guardian reported earlier this week that: Britain’s budget deficit has dropped to the lowest level since before the financial crisis, laying the ground for Philip Hammond to
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Jersey has no chance of opposing a UK imposed register of beneficial ownership
The Jersey Evening Post, ever the faithful mouthpiece for the Jersey establishment, yesterday noted both the planned amendment to U.K. legislation that will impose new
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It must be hard to know that you’re facilitating crime, corruption, inequality, exploitation, the undermining of democracy and the destruction of fair markets
I noted yesterday that it is quite likely that parliament will next week vote to impose transparency on the UK’s tax havens. Enough Tory MPs appear
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