I do not apologise for the fact that what follows is complicated — tackling Barclays won’t be easy. Equity or law? If we are to
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Barclays – what to do – 1
I have suggested that people are getting angry about Barclays Bank’s tax abuse. I think they are right to do so. I suspect that they
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Barclays – people are getting angry
I have had a wide range of people telephone me during the course of this afternoon and evening. Many are journalists. Some are amongst those
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Barclays – they’ve gagged the Guardian – are they mad?
The Guardian has reported: Barclays Bank obtained a court order early today banning the Guardian from publishing documents which showed how the bank set up
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Switzerland announces go-slow on reform
The FT has reported that: Switzerland has warned countries against expecting swift results from its decision last week to water down bank secrecy laws, saying
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Barclays: the Guardian publishes more
I’m pleased to see Vince Cable has shared the documents leaked to him by a Barclays Capital insider to more papers. I had them on
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Are we heading in the right direction?
I have just been sent the Chancellor’s statement following the G20. Of course there are things that I welcome: last week I said that support
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Barclays: has it saved £1 billion?
After yesterday’s Sunday Times article on Barclay’s alleged tax avoidance schemes to which I contributed there is ore today. The Daily Telegraph has reported that:
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RBS – where was the tax dodging in the accounts?
Any quoted company has to file accounts that include a tax reconciliation statement. The statement is meant to explain the difference between the tax rate
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