I note that AFP is reporting: British tax authorities are investigating allegations that staff at Lloyds Banking Group encouraged rich clients to channel money through
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One of the things I never expected to do when I started campaigning on tax abuse was to help make television programmes. I am not
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BBC – Panorama – Tax inquiry into Lloyds off-shore . More on tonight’s Panorama. Other publicly funded banks are also continuing to do business off-shore
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The Guardian includes the following story this morning: The tax authorities are investigating Lloyds Banking Group after evidence emerged that the bank, kept alive by
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The FT notes: “Curious” and “largely cosmetic” were two of the opinions offered by analysts on Thursday as they sought to explain Barclays’ decision to
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Chip Poncy of the US Treasury is talking on ‘know your client’ obligations as required in FATF rules — those things places like Jersey like
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FT.com / Financials – Footsie closes over 5,000 for the first time in year. This is completely and utterly irrational. Cash was provided to banks
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The FT has reported: City advisers on Thursday sought to fend off a proposal to force banks to simplify their legal structures, saying reforms mooted
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The FT has reported: The global regulatory drive to force the biggest banks to pre-plan for their own demise will compel them to simplify their
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